The recent disaster that hit Central Vietnam has caused huge damages to the lives and properties of locals in the area. The heavy rains triggered a series of landslides in the mountainous region, now blocking major highways and roads for days now. Authorities admit that a section of the National Way 1A have been badly damaged when a wall of earth and rock slid down from Soi Mu Mountain. More than one-third of the section or nearly 100 meters of the road in Tuy An District are now closed.
Other roads that have been cut off include the route from the Tra Trung to Di Lang, Tra Bong to Tra Thanh District, while transport on the provincial road 622B to Tay Tra District greatly slowed down due to large amounts of soil and rocks now covering over one third of the road's width. Authorities are now urging the Directorate for Roads of Vietnam’s Roads Management division in charge for the roads in the central region to open another road on the mountainous side.
In Ha Tinh Province, seven-metre-deep pits opened up in a fish pond in Huong Lam Commune, Huong Khe District, causing its water and around 500kg of fish to disappear into the deep pits. Water started to recede in several areas however, including Binh Dinh Province, however water in most of its important roads are still one meter high. Around 85 houses have collapsed and 117 are severely damaged. The total cost of damages is estimated at VND513 billion (US$26 million).
Apart from the road and infrastructure damages, several lives were lost during the disaster. Seven people were killed while two were reported wounded. One person is said missing. The region was hammered by three earlier rounds of flooding since early Oct that already killed 167 people. The province is now seeking assistance from the government to fund the medication needs and basic commodities for the locals and livestock that were affected in the region.