Secretary of Thanh Hoa Province Party Committee, Trinh Van Chien (left) visits Ha Van Van in Quan Son District who lost six family members in a flood which swept away his house on August 3.
The Central Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention reported a deathtoll of 10 caused by floods as of 5 am on August 6, including five in Thanh Hoa Province.
By Tuesday morning, 11 people are still missing including 10 in Thanh Hoa and one in Dien Bien.
A rescue team look for missing people in Thanh Hoa Province on August 5.
A school in Thanh Hoa Province is destroyed by landslides.
Thanh Hoa Province has been hardest-hit by the flooding with two districts of Muong Lat and Quan Son being isolated. As many as 183 houses, four schools, 17 hectares of forests and many road sections have been damaged, causing property losses of over VND1 billion (USD43,500) for the province.
Local authorities are still trying to look for 10 missing people.
