Vietnam storm death toll reaches 70

The death toll from a tropical storm in Vietnam has reached 70.

The storm severely battered the country's poorest central region over the past week.

Ha Tinh was the worst-hit province with 29 deaths, including 14 children, and elsewhere in central Vietnam, 41 people were killed by floods or landslides and six others were reported missing and feared dead, officials said.

The tropical storm was the worst to hit Vietnam this year.

Last year, natural disasters in Vietnam killed at least 500 people, injured nearly 3,000, and caused nearly $1.17 billion in damage.