- Heavy rainfall has been affecting north-western Vietnam, mainly the Lai Chau province since 16 May, triggering a huge landslide that has resulted in casualties and damage.
- Media report, as of 19 May, five fatalities and four injured persons due to a landslide event that occurred on 16 May in the morning at the construction site of a hydropower plant located in the Si Lo Lau commune, Phong Tho district, Lai Chau province.
- Over the next 48 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole of northern Vietnam, including the already affected province.
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