Official reports released on July 21 confirmed six fatalities, two missing persons, and 10 injured individuals, all recorded in Lai Chau province.

The prolonged downpours severely damaged residential areas and infrastructure across the region. Forty homes collapsed entirely, including 28 in Lai Chau, 11 in Son La, and one in Lao Cai, while another 729 houses suffered damage from flooding and landslides. Authorities urgently relocated 270 households from high-risk zones to safe shelters.

Agricultural production suffered heavy disruptions, with nearly 707 hectares of rice and crops inundated or destroyed, including over 408 hectares in Lai Chau, nearly 194 hectares in Son La, over 76 hectares in Lao Cai, and more than 28 hectares in Dien Bien. Additionally, 250 livestock and poultry were killed or swept away.

Severe infrastructure damage included approximately 2,500 meters of damaged irrigation canals in Lai Chau, alongside 51 collapsed power poles and 40 damaged transformer stations, disrupting local power supply. Landslides severed key transport routes across the four provinces. The landslide at Km139+300 on National Highway 279 in Lao Cai remained blocked, forcing traffic onto a temporary bypass.

Preliminary statistics estimated total property and material damage at over VND 502.76 billion (US$ 19.1 million). Lai Chau reported the heaviest losses at approximately VND 330 billion (US$ 12.5 million), followed by Son La with VND 125 billion (US$ 4.75 million), Lao Cai with VND 45.16 billion (US$1.72 million), and Dien Bien with around VND 2.6 billion (US$ 98,800).

Local authorities are continuing to assess total damage while executing relief operations to help residents stabilize their lives and resume agricultural production.

Floods and landslides leave 16 dead, 5 missing in Central Vietnam

VOV.VN - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam’s central provinces have killed 16 people and left 5 others missing, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.