Ho Chi Minh City shuts its biggest underpass over flooding, backing traffic up 2 km
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Traffic backed up more than 2 km and fell into disarray at the An Phu interchange in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday morning after the underpass beneath it was temporarily closed to clear floodwater.
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