According to information from Vietnam Electricity Group, there are currently about 13,650 customers in Cao Bang without power. Of which, Nguyen Binh and Bao Lac districts are isolated by floods, 2 districts are losing phone signal. Power supply for pumping stations to drain floods in this province is still maintained.
Nguyen Binh district is also the locality where a passenger bus was swept away by landslides and rocks from the mountain into the river .
This passenger bus of Viet Trang company was traveling on National Highway 34 from Bao Lam district to Cao Bang city. When it reached Ca Thanh commune, it was buried by a large mass of rock and soil from a landslide in the early morning of September 9.
At the time of the accident, there were 20 people on the bus including passengers and the driver (11 people from Yen Lac commune and 9 people from Ca Thanh commune, Nguyen Binh district). Currently, 2 victims (who have died) have been reached, the rest are still being rescued.
In addition, in Nguyen Binh, dozens of houses were also collapsed and buried. Rescue work is extremely difficult because traffic is cut off, making it impossible to bring machinery and support vehicles to the scene.
Currently, Nguyen Binh district (Cao Bang province) is organizing rescue forces, making efforts to approach the scene of the passenger bus accident; mobilizing more than 300 people including militia, civil servants of the Party, mass organizations, military, and district police to urgently go to the scene to support rescue work.
