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Vietnam flood crisis leaves thousands of children out of school

Thousands of children in northern Vietnam will struggle to return to school after flash floods and landslides damaged homes, destroyed crops and cut off several communities in the region, Save the Children warned. Nearly 29,000 houses have been damaged and 90,000 hectares of crops destroyed, according to the Vietnam General Statistic Office. In Son La province, about 1.3 million people have been affected, according to the charity.