Vietnam: 22 soldiers found dead in landslide; PM calls for support for flood victims


Soldiers and rescue specialists going through the grim task of finding the bodies of their comrades at Quang Tri Province in Vietnam on Monday (Oct 19,2020). - Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI, Oct. 19 (Vietnam News/ANN): The bodies of all 22 military personnel who were buried by a landslide in central Vietnam's Quang Tri Province have been found, the local media reported on Monday.

Early on Sunday, their base in the province's mountainous Huong Hoa District was engulfed by a landslide caused by continuous downpours in the region.

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