One person has been killed, 13 others are missing and thousands of houses damaged as the storm Talas made landfalls to the central regions early Monday morning, according to initial reports by local authorities. 

 One female passenger was killed and five others were injured early Monday morning when their coach collided with a truck travelling on the Noi Bai-Lao Cai Expressway in the province’s Lap Thach District.

 A fire broke out on Thursday after a fuel tanker carrying a huge quantity of gasoline overturned in Central Highlands Kon Tum Province, killing one person and leaving another seriously injured.

 The coastguard of the Philippines on February 20 reported that pirates in southern Philippine waters killed one crewman of a Vietnamese vessel and abducted seven on the evening of February 19, according to foreign media.

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