Several days after the downpours, hundreds of households in Hanoi’s outlying district of Chuong My are still facing severe flooding.


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Bui Xa Village

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The whole village is submerged in muddy water. According to a VOV reporter, in some areas, the water is 1-1.5 meter deep.

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Many people are completely isolated and trapped in their waterlogged homes with no electricity. 

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Locals have to travel by boat.

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A local says instant noodles are the only food for her family in the three rainy days. “Today I decide to go out to buy some fresh food for my family,” she notes.

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All the roads are under water.

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A couple struggle to cook their lunch in a flooded house.

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Locals cannot go out due to the serious flooding.

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His family has to move to another place as his house has been inundated.

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According to locals, their village is flooded every rainy season, but this year has been the most serious.  All the crop areas have been engulfed by floods.

VOV