Flooding kills two as Vietnam hit by dozens of landslides

A man walks with his bicycle through flood waters on a street in Vietnam's Lam Dong province on December 5, 2025, following weeks of heavy rain. [AFP]

Heavy rain in Vietnam triggered flooding that killed at least two people and caused more than a dozen landslides, state media said Friday, adding to what authorities called the "most unusual" year of natural disasters in the country's history.

South-central Vietnam has been lashed by weeks of heavy rain, submerging hundreds of thousands of homes in coastal tourism hotspots and causing deadly landslides in mountainous regions.