Ben Tre province has 19 dead, while Ba Ria-Vung Tau claim 18 dead and 11 missing.
The typhoon damaged over 120,000 houses in 8 localities, including Binh Thuan, Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Tien Giang, Ben Tre, Vinh Long, Can Tho, and Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City. Ba Ria-Vung Tau was the hardest hit with over 6,700 houses destroyed.
The island district of Phu Quy in Binh Thuan province has so far suffered the worst property losses as 820 fishing boats were sunk, 70 percent of farmers' fish cages overturned and over 2,000 homes and schools damaged, while many electricity and telecommunications systems broke down.

At a working session of the Central Committee for Flood Control and Prevention on December 5, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung called for effective relief work to ensure that the injured be taken care of and that no one be left hungry. He said all local resources must be mobilized to repair damaged houses and leave no one homeless.

Deputy PM said the Government will provide 200 tonnes of rice in emergency aid to Phu Quy island.

The Defence Ministry has sent a plane and a ship to bring relief goods to Phu Quy while the Transport Ministry has sent a salvage tug to the island.

According to the National Meteorological Forecasting Centre, the typhoon was expected to continue moving towards the Mekong Delta and the southwestern sea.

VNA/VOVNews