Rescuers on Friday found the body of the 15th passenger who drowned when his bus was swept away by flood waters in the central province of Ha Tinh, leaving 20 people missing Monday.
The body of 19-year-old Pham Van Tuyen was brought to his hometown for burial.
Tran Thi Mung, Tuyen’s mother, was on the same bus but she managed to get out of the bus and swam ashore with the help of local residents.
Tuyen could not make it and was swept away by strong currents from the flooded Lam River.
Of the 15 bodies recovered, 10 were found inside the bus after rescuers pulled it ashore on Thursday.
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 five passengers are presumed dead, police said, though the search for them has not been called off yet.
Rain-triggered floods have claimed 76 lives, including the 15 passengers on the bus in Ha Tinh, and left six still missing.
About 270,000 homes and 56,000 hectares of crops were inundated in the region, the Central Committee for Flood Prevention and Control said.
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