11 soldiers dead, 11 missing after landslide in Vietnam

Eleven soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 11 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam today, as the country battles its worst flooding in years.

Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides with concerns mounting that waters could rise further.

Rocks rained down on the barracks of a military station in Quang Tri province, with 22 soldiers believed to have been buried underneath thick mud, an official government website said.