Rescuers have found 14 bodies of 20 passengers missing in a bus that was swept away by flood waters in the central Ha Tinh Province on Monday morning.
Ten of the 14 bodies were found inside the bus after rescue forces pulled the vehicle out of the bed of the Lam River this morning.
The four others were found elsewhere under the river.
Rescuers broke the windows of the bus to pull the 10 bodies out; two of which were of two babies. The 14 bodies have been identified, and then brought to their hometown for burial.
On Monday the vehicle that had been carrying 38 people was swept away by strong currents at the foot of a bridge in Nghi Xuan District.
Local authorities said 18 people managed to get out by breaking the front windows and swam ashore, some by clinging to power poles.
The public transport bus was traveling from the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong to the northern Nam Dinh Province when it was swept away.
The remaining passengers are presumed dead, police said, though the search for them has not been called off yet.
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