Vietnam records highest flood levels on three rivers since 1986 | News

HANOI, Oct 8, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Vietnam has recorded the highest flood levels on three rivers in the country's north in nearly 40 years, state media reported on Wednesday. The high-water marks of the Bang, Thuong and Trung rivers surpassed levels not seen since 1986 from late Tuesday to Wednesday, with the latter river in Lang Son province, bordering China, forecast to peak at nearly two metres (6.5 feet) above the record, Vietnam state television said. The level of the Bang river in Cao Bang province peaked at 11:00 pm Tuesday, "exceeding the historic flood of 1986 and is slowly receding", according to a weather news bulletin. In Bac Ninh province, flooding at one measuring point on the Thuong river...