Over 70 dead or missing in Vietnam after typhoon

More than 70 people in Vietnam have been confirmed dead or missing as a result of Typhoon Xangsane, which also injured over 520 people, disaster relief officials say.

Rescuers had found 69 bodies and two people were still missing since the storm hit central Vietnam last Sunday after killing more than 200 people in the Philippines, according to the national committee on flood and storm control.

Nearly 247,000 acres of crops have been affected.

The United States on Friday said it would give $US100,000 to Red Cross agencies to help disaster relief.

- AFP