: The death toll from flooding and landslides in Vietnam’s central region rose to 90 as of Sunday, local media reported.

Twelve people remained missing, local daily Thanh Nien reported, citing the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority.

Torrential rains and flooding have damaged 1,154 houses and more than 80,800 hectares of rice and other crops in the region, reports Xinhua news agency, quoting the local media.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for stepping up response measures to severe flooding and natural disasters in the central provinces.

The Vietnamese government has provided emergency aid worth 700 billion Vietnamese dong (about 26.6 million US dollars) to certain hard-hit regions for recovery efforts, Vietnam News Agency reported.

Over 28,400 houses

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