Sliding roads, landslides
From the end of October and the beginning of November 2025, floods on the rivers of the Central region from Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Hue, Da Nang, Quang Ngai to Gia Lai will rise. In many places, this is the fourth time people have had to clean up floods.
In particular, traffic infrastructure, bridges, culverts, roads, sea embankments... collapsed, landslides occurred in large numbers, it was impossible to count all. People's travel is difficult. Many places were cut off, and authorities and the military had to transit relief goods by drones or cut mountains and provide supplies on foot.
In Quang Ngai, landslides have filled roads, hundreds of households in mountainous communes such as Son Tay, Ba To, Tra Bong, Ngoc Linh, Dak Plo, Dak P Mek... have had their trade activities stalled, greatly affecting their lives and production. The whole province recorded more than 200 landslides; many national highways, provincial roads and rural roads were buried and damaged by rocks and soil.
National Highway 24 connecting forests and seas was heavily eroded, the amount of rock and soil poured onto the road at Ba Tang slope ( Mang Den commune) reached thousands of cubic meters. In some places, the positive slope was deeply dug, and the commune government had to put up warning signs for vehicles.
Mr. Tran Thai Hoa - Head of Road Management Office III.1 (Road Management Area III) - said that due to complicated storms and floods, many workers had to stick to the road, clear and clear thousands of cubic meters of landslides at Lo Xo Pass.
In weak wave conditions, limited communication, landslide areas far from residential areas, workers had to quickly eat breadcrumbs, cold rice boxes, and wear raincoats to control excavators to clear blocks of soil and rock across the road.
In Da Nang, hundreds of landslides caused complete traffic congestion on National Highway 24C, National Highway 40, Dong Truong Son Road, and Ho Chi Minh Road. In particular, provincial and district roads in mountainous areas of Quang Nam such as Hung Son, Tay Giang, A Vuong, Phuoc Chanh, Tra My, Tra Leng... were cut off by hundreds of landslides.
The western branch of Ho Chi Minh Road, the eastern road of Truong Son, and even the La Son - Tuy Loan Expressway near the plains have also re-ellsited, causing congestion.
Temporary solutions, preventing traffic disruption
According to the Department of Construction of Da Nang City, the damage on national highways passing through the area (QL40B, 14G, 14D, 24C, 14B, 14H) is estimated at more than 82.8 billion VND; the damaged provincial road system is more than 111.2 billion VND. Along with that, some sections of the expressway, Ho Chi Minh, Truong Son Dong, and National Highway 1 through the area have also degraded, causing new landslides, causing local congestion.
On National Highway 14E, landslides on the positive slope from Km84+400 to Km84+850 (Phuoc Hiep commune) with a volume of more than 40,000m3 of rock and soil blocked the road. While waiting for the opening of a section, the contractor will build a temporary road for motorbikes and rudimentary vehicles.
Road Management Area III said that Truong Son Dong road through the area has 6 traffic jams; the unit organizes the route opening according to the motto "open the road wherever it is, separate the flow there", temporarily leading through National Highway 1, Ho Chi Minh Road and local routes.
According to the Da Nang Department of Construction, due to the large amount of damage, the city prioritizes ensuring first-step traffic (one lane, temporary road), handling vulnerable landslides, checking the bridge foundation - road foundation, and at the same time preparing technical documents for long-term restoration items. The goal is to quickly restore traffic flows, ensure safety for people and vehicles, and at the same time minimize supply chain disruptions after floods.
In Gia Lai, after storm No. 13, floods and rains caused the Khe bridge on Truong Son Dong road through Po To commune to be swept away; the road to the residential area of So commune, Ia Rsai commune also slid concrete patches tens of meters, isolating over 1,000 households.
Before and after the storms, Military Region 5 continuously held urgent meetings, establishing forward command posts to help people flee floods and avoid storms. Thousands of soldiers and mechanical equipment are on duty to connect traffic, maintain communication, and prevent people from being isolated - even though they are isolated by landslides and road closures.
Currently, localities and authorities have organized remedial measures, temporarily reconnecting traffic with residential areas, and unblocking landslides on national and provincial highways.
