Vietnam floods death toll rises to 75 people as almost 30 remain missing

The death toll from flooding in Vietnam has risen to 75 and more rain is expected.

Rescuers have found the bodies of another three people following flash floods in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 75 as 28 remain missing.

Up to 700 millimetres of rain has fallen in Vietnam's central and northern regions in the past week as the result of a tropical depression, data from the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention showed.

Thirteen of those killed in Hoa Binh province died early on Thursday when their houses were buried by a landslide while they were sleeping, the Committee for Disaster Prevention said. Five people are still missing in that incident.

Rescue forces have recovered a body believed to be one of two border guards reported missing after they went to check on anti-flood measures in Thanh Hoa province a week ago. The guards' car was swept away as they crossed a bridge.

More than 10,000 pigs, cows and buffalo have been killed, as well as 301,000 poultry.

More rain is expected as a cold spell moves into northern and central Vietnam along with air from Tropical Storm Khanun, which weakened to a tropical depression in the Gulf of Tonkin late on Monday.