This picture taken on Oct 18, 2020 and released by the Vietnam News Agency on Sunday (Oct 18, 2020) shows military personnel searching for missing soldiers at the site of a landslide in central Vietnam's Quang Tri province.
HANOI, Oct 18 (AFP): Five soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 17 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam on Sunday, as the country battles its worst flooding in years.
Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam's disaster management authority, with concerns mounting that waters could rise further.
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