On the morning of November 20, the Hanh Tin Tay secondary school in Nghia Hanh district still closed because of mud.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, the school’s Vice Headmaster, said flood damaged all machines, teaching aids and documents. The Headmaster and some teachers are still isolated due to road erosion and they cannot go to school. Soldiers have come to help clean the school. The school will resume operation from tomorrow, November 21," Hung said.

Other schools in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh provinces are in the same situation. By November 19, more than 10,000 students at all levels couldnot return to school because of flooded roads and landslides.

Teacher Le Thi Man of Hanh Tin Tay secondary school is cleaning the laboratory.

Tables and chairs of the Hanh Tin Tay kindergarten were washed away in floods. Teachers collected them to clean.

Teachers clean mud in a class.

Hundreds of policemen were mobilized to clean schools and clinics.

Soldiers of the Military Zone 5 were also assigned to help people in the flood areas.

Thuy, a 7th grader, and her mother carry her wet notebooks.