Road under water in Cam Pha City on July 28.

Over 3,000 households together with schools and medical clinics were left in over two metres under water. Many roads were flooded and the National Highway 18 linking Dong Trieu to Mong Duong in Cam Pha City were a few metres under water.

 A house collapsed in Cam Pha City

 A bus running on Nguyen Van Cu Street in Ha Long City on July 28 morning.

Serious erosion happened at dozens of places, spreading 4,500m3 of earth and stones across roads. Barriers along a 400m stretch of road near Van Don 3 Bridge broke down, allowing 2,000m3 of soil and stones to pour into the route.

Hundreds of houses in Cam Pha Township suffered landslide as slagheaps from nearby mines shifted.

Several households in Cam Pha City’s Mong Duong Ward need to evacate on the afternoon of July 26. They received support from local authorities to move their belongings to safer locations.