A section of Mimosa Pass on National Route 20 through Xuan Huong ward, Da Lat, after the landslide on the morning of 20/11. From above, the asphalt road structure vanished, leaving a large landslide scar estimated to be 50 m wide and nearly 30 m deep.

A mass of soil and rocks slid from above, toppling trees and forming a flow hundreds of meters long down the embankment.

The asphalt roadbed on Mimosa Pass completely broke apart and collapsed due to a major landslide. Late yesterday, as the incident unfolded, a Phuong Trang Company passenger bus was passing by when its front wheels plunged into the edge of the pit, leaving the vehicle precariously balanced on the brink of the abyss.

At the landslide site, signs of collapse appeared two days prior. Authorities reinforced it with steel piles, but the ground could not be secured.

Broken, jagged asphalt fragments hung precariously at the edge of the landslide pit.

The landslide also dragged many pine trees from the uphill side of the road down into the abyss. By this morning, some other trees in the vicinity were cut down.

Soil, rocks, and the road surface were swept hundreds of meters down into the deep abyss.

Engineers surveyed the terrain to develop a plan for landslide remediation.

Workers addressed telecommunication cables affected by the landslide.

Mimosa Pass, 11 km long on National Route 20, serves as a southern gateway to Da Lat, alongside Prenn Pass and Sacom. This incident is part of a series of recent landslides affecting routes around Da Lat. In recent days, Prenn Pass near Datanla Waterfall experienced erosion, National Route 20 at the D'ran Pass suspension bridge showed subsidence and cracks, and Ngoan Muc Pass and Khanh Le Pass also reported landslides, complicating travel between Nha Trang and Da Lat. Vehicles can currently detour via Ta Nung Pass (Provincial Route 725), but this adds 30-35 km to the journey.

Khanh Huong - Truong Ha