Rescuers search for 22 buried as Vietnam landslide hits army camp

Rescuers search for 22 buried as Vietnam landslide hits army camp
Army officers carry a body recovered from a landslide in Quang Tri province, Vietnam (Tran Le Lam/VNA/AP)

A landslide in central Vietnam on Sunday buried at least 22 army personnel, just a week after another landslide killed 13 people as heavy rain continued to pound the region, state media reported.

The latest landslide sent rocks and earth crashing into an army camp at the foot of a mountain following a week of incessant rain in Quang Tri province, the official Vietnam News Agency said.

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