A landslide triggered by Typhoon Bualoi swept a 30-metre section of the Khau Pha Pass road in the northern province of Lao Cai into a ravine, leaving traffic paralysed.
Authorities at the Cau Treo International Border Gate, Ha Tinh Province, have arrested a drug trafficker for transporting 14kg of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.
Ha Tinh Province has reported losses exceeding VND 9 trillion (approximately USD 354 million) from three storms in less than a month, urging the government for support in its recovery efforts.
Floods, landslides and thunderstorms unleashed by Typhoon Bualoi wreaked havoc across provinces from the northern mountainous areas to central Vietnam.
Authorities in Quang Tri Province have recovered three bodies after two anchored fishing boats broke loose and sank during Typhoon Bualoi, with six crew members still missing.
Torrential rains from Typhoon Bualoi’s circulation from the night of September 29 to the morning of September 30 caused heavy flooding in north-central provinces.
More than 1.8 million customers of the Northern Power Corporation have lost power due to the impact of Typhoon Bualoi, with those in Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Thanh Hoa provinces hardest hit.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has submitted a two-phase plan to the Ministry of Construction for the operation of Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai Province.
Two fishing boats moored at an anchorage in the central province of Quang Tri broke loose and drifted away due to the impact of Typhoon Bualoi, leaving nine fishermen missing.
Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin begins a two-day working visit to Vietnam on September 28 at the invitation of Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man.