Record floods have killed at least eight people in Vietnam, with tens of thousands of people stranded with water submerging streets and inundating homes.

Floodwaters reached the tops of cars and rooftops in areas of Thai Nguyen city, about 80 kilometres north of the capital Hanoi, with many left stuck at home and others forced to flee.

The environment ministry said eight people were killed in flash floods and landslides in Vietnam's mountainous north since Monday, and at least five others were missing.

"I have never witnessed such a terrible flood since I was born 60 years ago," Nguyen Van Nguyen told AFP from his three-storey house in Thai Nguyen province.

" There has never been flooding here in my street but now my ground floor is all submerged. "

The military said it had mobilise

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