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Landslides caused many houses in Tuong Duong, Ky Son, Que Phong, Con Cuong districts... to collapse and be damaged, including 2 newly built houses worth billions of dong.

This afternoon (September 24), Mr. Nguyen Van Hoe, Chief of Office of the People's Committee of Tuong Duong district ( Nghe An ) said that in the district, there are 15 communes and towns that suffered a lot of damage caused by floods.

Specifically, in Xa Luong commune, two newly built houses of Mr. Lo Van Mao and Mr. Luong Van Son in Xieng Huong village were completely damaged by rocks and soil, with estimated damage of about 2 billion VND.

The house of Mr. Lo Van Mao and Mr. Luong Van Son in Xieng Huong village, Xa Luong commune, Tuong Duong district collapsed shortly after moving in. Photo: Contributor

In Yen Hoa commune, the semi-permanent 3-room stilt house of Ms. Lo Thi Hong in Yen Tam village was hit by rocks and soil, forcing the family to move their belongings to a safe place. The estimated cost of repairing the damage is about 160 million VND.

Many houses in communes of Tuong Duong district, Nghe An were damaged. Photo: Contributor

Ms. Lo Thi Tra My, Chairwoman of Xa Luong Commune People's Committee, said that Mr. Mao's house and Mr. Son's house had similar designs. Mr. Mao's house had just been moved in for 15 days when it completely collapsed, while Mr. Son's house had been moved in for about 2 years and had less damage.

“People estimate the cost of digging, leveling the ground and building two houses to be around VND2 billion. The commune government is preparing documents to request support according to state regulations. Initially, we have allocated VND5 million from the commune budget to each household,” Ms. My added.

Militia and officials from Xa Luong commune (Tuong Duong district) came to help clean up and encourage the family that suffered heavy losses due to the landslide. Photo: Contributor

Mr. Tho Ba Re, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Ky Son district, said that the recent floods and rains have forced the urgent demolition and relocation of four houses in Chieu Luu commune. The houses that had to be relocated were all caused by landslides.

Mr. La Van Chien's house in Xieng Thu village, Chieu Luu commune, Ky Son district was damaged by a landslide and had to be demolished and relocated. Photo: Contributor.

Mr. Luong Van Huan, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thong Thu Commune (Que Phong District), said that heavy rains caused landslides, forcing 16 households to evacuate to safety. Among them, the two-story wooden house of Ms. Luong Thi Hoa in Muong Piet village completely collapsed.

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Ms. Luong Thi Hoa's house in Muong Piet village, Thong Thu commune, Que Phong district completely collapsed. Photo: Contributor

In addition to the damage to collapsed and damaged houses, the floods also inundated 136 hectares of rice fields and damaged more than 1,800 hectares of various crops. Aquaculture ponds were also affected, along with the provincial and national road systems being severely damaged.