A new round of floods and landslides triggered by torrential rain in central Vietnam since the weekend of Nov 15 and 16 has killed at least eight people, said a government report on Nov 19, with traders also warning that it could hamper the ongoing coffee harvest. From the night of Nov 15, rainfall has exceeded 1,100mm in several parts of central Vietnam. The region is home to a key coffee production belt and the country’s most popular beaches, but it is highly prone to storms and floods. The deaths include those of six bus passengers killed in a landslide on the evening of Nov 16 en route from Da Lat to Nha Trang, the government said in the report. Seven people remain missing, including three buried under a landslide in Danang. “Some coffee farms in low-lying areas of Dak Lak are deep in flood water,” a coffee trader based in the province said.

Full report : Floods hit Vietnam again, killing at least 8, hindering coffee harvest.