World IN BRIEF : VIETNAM : Floods Kills 172; Million Leave Home
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Floods in Vietnam’s biggest rice-growing region have killed 172 people and driven about 1 million people from their homes, a government official said. Floods in the southern region known as the Plain of Reeds began in late June, but the full scope of the disaster only emerged in the last few days.
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