Son La floods kill seven persons Seven people were killed and four were missing following floods triggered by Typhoon Kujira in Thuan Chau and Yen Chau Districts in the northern mountainous Son La Province.

VN coast braces for first tropical storm of the year Coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Binh Thuan spent the past day preparing for tropical storm Kujira (whale in Japanese), which formed yesterday morning above the territorial waters of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago.