16 Dead in Vietnam Flood by tvnportal
26 dead, 38 injured in Vietnam floods
Heavy rains and floods have left at least 26 people as dead while injuring 38 others in Vietnam’s northern and central provinces, said the country’s National Committee for Search and Rescue on Sunday. Floods have submerged over 3,500 houses and over 22,000 hectares of crops and fruit trees, mainly in the two provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghe An, Xinhua reported.
Officials say landslides and flooding caused by heavy rains have killed 29 people and left four missing in northern and central Vietnam.
Disaster official Ngo Van Hung of northern Yen Bai province said Monday that 16 villagers from the mostly poor Hmong ethnic minority group died in a landslide while they were illegally collecting tin ore from a mine operated by a private company. Authorities are searching for two other people missing from Friday’s incident, he added.
According to the Central Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre, floods on rivers from Thanh Hoa to Nghe An provinces and in low-lying areas have reduced but high risk still remains.
Local authorities have mobilised more than 14,000 people to deal with floods’ consequences.
