Dien Bien, Aug. 1 -- Torrential rains from the night of July 31 to early August 1 triggered flash floods and landslides across several communes in Dien Bien province, leaving at least two people dead and eight others missing. Many villages have been isolated, with hundreds of households urgently evacuated. Several national and provincial roads have been severely damaged, paralysing traffic in the area. Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hai Trung, police chief of Xa Dung commune, reported multiple landslides across the locality. As of 7 a.m., seven people had been reported missing, mostly due to landslides burying homes. In Tia Dinh commune, heavy rainfall caused landslides along several roads linking its centre with villages, cutting off access. ...