HANOIplaycrapsonline, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Torrential rains and landslides since early this week have resulted in six casualties and heavy property losses in the Vietnam's northern region, the country's National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported Wednesdayplaycrapsonline.
Downpour-triggered landslides and floods killed two people in Ha Giang province, two in Dien Bien province, one in Thai Nguyen and another in Bac Giang.
Two others were injured in Bac Kan province while one was still missing in Son La province.
Meanwhile, 82 houses in the region collapsed or were flooded, over 71 ha of rice was damaged, and 51 locations with 5,308 cubic meters of soil and rocks were eroded, said the committee.
The National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting predicted that heavy rains will continue in the northern region in the next few days.■
