Panoramic view of National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass landslide. Video: An Anh

The above content was told by Mr. Chu Van An, Deputy Director in charge of the Department of Transport of Khanh Hoa province to VietNamNet this morning (December 16) about the plan to handle landslides on National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass, Khanh Vinh district.

Mr. An said that the landslide occurred on Khanh Le Pass, causing a large amount of rock and soil to fall down, blocking the road of National Highway 27C, since yesterday until now. Many forces were mobilized to handle the landslide. However, early this morning, a rock weighing over 100 tons fell down, blocking the road at Km43+400 through Son Thai commune.

"Specialized units mobilized human resources and equipment to handle it, but the rock was too large to handle. We had no choice but to use explosives to break the rock," said Mr. An, adding that explosives would be used to break the rock this afternoon and traffic is expected to be open tomorrow afternoon.

According to Mr. An, in addition to this location, at Km61+750, a large crack appeared across the pass road. This location recorded signs of subsidence, with the largest width of about 20cm. Khanh Hoa Road Management and Construction Joint Stock Company will compensate for the concrete mix to ensure safety and take measures to handle it.

After a prolonged rain yesterday (December 15), National Highway 27C through Khanh Le Pass, the road connecting Nha Trang - Da Lat, was hit by landslides at many points. A large amount of soil flooded down, blocking the road, paralyzing traffic. About 350 people on vehicles were isolated in different locations between the landslide locations.

Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong provincial authorities have crossed hills and forests to provide food and water to stranded people.

Hours later, more than 350 people were evacuated from the danger zone and moved to safety.

Authorities mobilized hundreds of personnel and vehicles to clean up and handle landslides to ensure the early reopening of National Highway 27C.

Road opening in the dark to bring more than 350 people trapped in landslide out of Khanh Le pass

After many hours trapped in the landslide area on Khanh Le pass, through Khanh Vinh district (Khanh Hoa province), over 350 people were rescued from the dangerous area.

Nearly 260 people trapped due to landslide at Khanh Le pass, the road connecting Nha Trang - Da Lat

The landslide at Khanh Le Pass, through Khanh Vinh District (Khanh Hoa Province) caused traffic disruption, leaving 260 people in cars stranded in the middle of the road.

Road connecting Nha Trang - Da Lat has serious landslides, traffic is interrupted

Thousands of cubic meters of rock and soil on Khanh Le Pass through Khanh Vinh District (Khanh Hoa Province) collapsed and blocked the road, cutting off traffic from Nha Trang to Da Lat.