More than 50 meters of the Thuong Thoi Tien riverbank in Thuong Phuoc commune collapsed, sending the embankment, sidewalk, railing, and asphalt road into the river.
Hearing that his sister and niece were swept away by floodwaters, Moong Van Nghe rushed from Quy Hop district back to Ky Son, walking dozens of kilometers through landslide-stricken areas to arrange their funeral.
Amid torrential rain, Vi Van Hieu tied a rope around himself and swam through raging floodwaters to rescue 5 people trapped in Muong Xen commune, formerly Ky Son district.
A passenger bus carrying 25 people became stranded between a landslide and rising floodwaters on National Highway 7A, about 13 km from Muong Xen town (former Ky Son district), at 4 p.m. on 22/7.