Hanoi, Oct. 31 -- Torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc across central Vietnam, submerging and damaging around 4,871 hectares of rice and crops, according to the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE) and the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s correspondents in affected localities.

Lam Dong province suffered the heaviest losses with 3,877 hectares of crops damaged. Across the central region, 790 hectares of fruit trees were affected, while more than 17,700 livestock and poultry were reported dead or washed away.

Floods also destroyed or swept away 56 houses, damaged 147 homes, and inundated 116,789 others. As of 7:00 on October 31, flooding had continued to affect 69 comm...