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HANOI: Hundreds of people are living submerged in floodwater in the suburbs of Hanoi, a week after torrential rains in northern Vietnam caused rivers to overflow their banks.
Residents of Ben Voi village – around 40km from central Hanoi – are travelling through the streets by boat and sleeping in homes partially inundated by muddy water.
“I cannot go anywhere and neighbours are finding it difficult to come to my shop to buy things,” Tran Thi Ly, who runs a convenience store from the ground floor of her home, told AFP on Sunday.
The 70-year-old waded through water almost knee-high as she tried to keep her food supplies dry, moving her instant noodles and soft drinks onto higher shelves.
All her furniture was sitting in the dirty water.
