A soldier assists a young girl as villagers are evacuated to a safe place in the central province of Quang Nam on Saturday. (AFP)
More than 600,000 people were evacuated as super typhoon Haiyan veered towards Vietnam, authorities said on Sunday, after the storm smashed through the Philippines killing thousands and causing widespread devastation.
"We have evacuated more than 174,000 households, which is equivalent to more than 600,000 people," an official report by Vietnam's flood and storm control department said Sunday.