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Sr. Maria Nguyen Thi Hong of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate, second from right, and two members of the state-run Women Association at Xuan Vinh commune visit Le Thi Huong, third from right, a widow with three children. Huong lost one ton of rice and five sows in the severe floods caused by several tropical storms in October and November. (Joachim Pham)