Floods cause serious damage to northern mountainous provinces
Heavy rains and floods on June 23-24 left at least eight dead and missing, and caused economic losses estimated at dozens of billion VND in some northern mountainous provinces.
Flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains on June 23 and 24 in the north mountainous province of Lai Chau have left one dead, one missing and five injured.
The number of casualties in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau caused by flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains on June 23 and 24 continued to rise, local officials said.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a dispatch asking relevant ministries, sectors and localities to focus resources on search and rescue along with activities to overcome flood consequences in northern mountainous and midland provinces.