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VIETNAM-NATURAL-DISASTER
Flood, landslide fatalities increase to 7 in northern Vietnam
HANOI, June 25, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – Flash floods and landslides caused by
heavy rain on the weekend in Vietnam’s northern mountainous region had left
seven people dead and 12 others missing, the country’s Central Steering
Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Fight said on Monday.
The dead people consisted of five in Lai Chau province and two in Ha Giang
province, and all the people listed as missing by Monday morning are in lai
Chau, including nine in Sin Ho district.
The floods and landslides have swept away hundreds of houses and damaged
some sections of national and provincial roads, causing serious traffic
congestions in Lai Chau.
The natural disasters have caused property losses of some 76.6 billion
Vietnamese dong (nearly 3.4 million U.S. dollars) in the four provinces of
Lai Chau, Ha Giang, Lao Cai and Thai Nguyen, said the committee.
In the first five months of this year, natural disasters in Vietnam killed
13 local people, injured 21 others, destroyed or damaged nearly 11,000
houses, damaged 6,100 hectares of rice and other crops, and killed 8,200
cattle and 3,500 poultry, leaving property losses of over 544 billion
Vietnamese dong (nearly 24 million U.S. dollars), according to the country’s
General Statistics Office.
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/1227 hrs