9/11 Ethiopian New Year: Typhoon Yagi Kills Over 150 In Vietnam, Bridge Collapses

✞✞✞ So Sorry! R.I.P /R.I.F/D.E.P/ ነ.ይ / ነፍሳቸውን ይማርላቸው ✞✞✞

Death toll increases as flooding and landslides continue to pose threats in northern Vietnam

Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit the country in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph).

Pope FRANCIS is in Singapore – and Vietnam was a colony of FRANCE for nearly 100 years.

French Indochina was formed on 17 October 1887 from Annam, Tonkin, Cochinchina (which together form modern Vietnam) and the Kingdom of Cambodia; Laos was added after the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. The federation lasted until 21 July 1954.