
Rescuers transfer a buried passenger at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)
HANOI, July 13 (Xinhua) -- At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported.
When the vehicle was trapped by a landslide on a road in Bac Me district, all the around 16 people it reportedly carried got out of the minibus for help.
Thousands of cubic meters of soil from above poured onto the road, burying all the people.
Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. ■

Rescuers transfer the injured to an ambulance at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescue work is under way at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescuers search for buried people at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescuers search for buried people at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescuers search for buried people at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescuers search for buried people at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescuers search for buried people at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

Rescue work is under way at a landslide site in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)

A girl injured in the landslide receives treatment at a hospital in Ha Giang province in Vietnam, July 13, 2024. At least nine people on board a minibus died after being buried by a landslide in Vietnam's northern province of Ha Giang early Saturday morning while four others were critically injured, Vietnam News Agency reported. Rescuers are still working to try to find the remaining three of this group of buried people from under the debris. (VNA/Handout via Xinhua)



