Much of the Vietnamese capital remained under water Sunday as the death toll from the city's worst flooding in two decades climbed to 17, disaster officials and state media reported. Floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 44 people across northern and central Vietnam in the past week and sent food prices skyrocketing in Hanoi as much of the capital's transportation system ground to a standstill. Rain had stopped falling by Sunday morning, and waters were receding in Hanoi, but many of the city's streets remained submerged. More rain was expected in the city in the next few days, according to the national forecaster. Thirteen more bodies were recovered in Hanoi on Saturday, bringing the city's death toll from the floods to 17, the Vietnam Net news Web site quoted police as saying.