Foreigners cross Le Loi Street at the corner with Nam Ky Khoi Nghia.
Heavy rain hit central Ho Chi Minh City and several surrounding wards and communes around noon on Oct. 6.
The downpour lasted nearly an hour in central areas, including the city's tourist center, causing floodwaters to rise on many streets and forcing many foreign tourists to wade through the water.
A woman tries to make her way through a flooded section at the intersection of Le Loi and Nam Ky Khoi Nghia.
Foreigners struggle through floodwaters on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street near the Saigon Square shopping center: A man uses two plastic bags as makeshift boots while another decides to walk barefeet to keep his slippers dry.
A foreign man drops his phone while wading through floodwaters on Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Street and gets helped retrieving it.
Flooding under heavy rain on Calmette Street as recorded by a car passenger. Similar struggle was reported in nearby streets such as Le Thi Hong Gam and Nguyen Thai Binh.
The area, a five-minute walk from Ben Thanh Market, is home to an array of food stalls, fine-dining restaurants, and bars. It was voted by editors at British magazine Time Out as one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world last year.
Cars drive through the flooded intersection between Le Thanh Ton and Nguyen Trung Truc streets in the city center.
