hanoi least 54 people die 39 go miss destructive flood batter northern central vietnam week disaster prevention agency say friday vietnam prone destructive storm flood due long coastline typhoon wreck havoc across central provinces last month flood hit vietnam week start monday bad years state-run vietnam television quote agriculture minister nguyen xuan cuong say nineteen people four neighbor households hoa binh bury alive early thursday landslide strike around midnight wednesday nine body find disaster agency say report 317 home collapse flood landslides week 34,000 house submerge damage 22,000 hectares 54,300 acres rice also damage around 180,000 animals kill wash away flood also affect seven 77 provinces thailand vietnam neighbor west country department disaster prevention mitigation say thursday 480,000 hectares 1.2 million acres agricultural land thailand hit department say death toll bad vietnam flood years rise 54