13 rescuers found dead, several missing in central Vietnam's landslides


Top army officers from the Vietnam Military Zone 4 visiting the flood-hit areas in Phong Dien District and Thura Thien Hue Province. The bodies of 13 rescuers have been retrieved from the rubbles of a recent landslide in central Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue province. - Vietnam News/Asian News Network

HANOI, Oct 16 (Vietnam News/ANN): The bodies of 13 rescuers have been retrieved from the rubbles of a recent landslide in central Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue province as of Thursday (Oct 15) evening, while several victims remained missing.

And in response to the Prime Minister’s Nguyen Xuan Phuc orders, the rescue forces on Friday morning (Oct 16) dispatched more soldiers and vehicles to clean up soil and rocks to reach Rao Trang 3 Hydro-power Plant and look for the 16 missing workers.

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