The floods also damaged over 230 houses in Van Chan in Tram Tau District and Nghia Lo town in the northern Yen Bai Province on October 11.
The province has dispatched more than 100 soldiers and health workers to the site for search and rescue operations. Meanwhile, landslides have shut down many roads in Nghia Lo and Van Chan, with dozens of landslides being reported along provincial road No. 174 going from Nghia Lo to Tram Tau, blocking vehicles.