The ancient streets along the Hoai River were submerged in flood waters on Saturday. It was up to 3m deep at some locations on Bach Dang, Tran Phu and Nguyen Thai Hoc roads.

The Cau Pagoda, a symbol of Hoi An, was at the verge of flooding. Rescuers and police officers were on duty to remind people not to row to the swirls.

People living in the old houses had to move furniture to the second floor. According to local people, they have been living with floods for generations, but this time the floods rose too fast so many people had to run away to avoid flood in the night.

 Restaurants and tourist attractions in the old town closed due to flooding.

 Tourists used boats to move in the flood while many local people walked in the floodwaters.

 Thousands of tourists who hired hotels in the low-lying areas had to move to the hotels on Nguyen Hue road.

 This tourist preferred to wade in floodwaters.

People rowed boats to buy supplies and food and passed them through the ventilation doorway.

 The elderly in the damaged homes by the previous storms were migrated to the safe places.

 Many children played on inundated roads.