Flooding made travel difficult for residents and visitors, while staff at restaurants and bars waded through the water as they prepared to open for customers.
Bui Vien backpacker street resembled a river after a midday downpour on September 23.
Staff at local bars and restaurants wade through floodwaters to prepare for opening.
Heavy rain flooded an 800-metre stretch of Bui Vien backpacker street from the Tran Hung Dao Junction to Cong Quynh Street.
Torrential rain also flooded several central HCM City roads, including Nguyen Thi Minh Khai and Pham Ngu Lao.
On D5 Road in Thanh My Tay Ward, a downpour from around 1 pm left the street deeply flooded within 30 minutes, with student Mai Anh saying the area near her school had flooded every afternoon in recent days, forcing students to “learn to live with the water” to get to school.
The Southern Regional Hydro-Meteorological Centre forecast moderate to heavy rain and thunderstorms across HCM City and southern Vietnam on September 23, with some areas seeing very heavy rain.
National Highway 13 near the former Mien Dong Coach Station was also flooded during the midday downpour.
Earlier on September 22, more than two hours of rain flooded several HCM City roads, including Quoc Huong, Xuan Thuy, Van Hanh Suoi Nhum, Nguyen Tri Phuong and Ba Giang.
Forecasters said HCM City would see further moderate to heavy rain through September 24, with 48-hour rainfall of 70-150 mm and more than 150 mm in some areas.
