Floods kill 155 children

Hanoi - The body count in the worst floods for decades to hit Vietnam's Mekong Delta reached 187 yesterday and the UN said it…

Hanoi - The body count in the worst floods for decades to hit Vietnam's Mekong Delta reached 187 yesterday and the UN said it was alarmed by the high proportion of child casualties.

State-run Vietnam Television said the toll yesterday evening had reached 187, of whom 155 were children.

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