The body of the worker was located near the mountainside next to a dump truck buried by rubble and only about 30 meters from the area where the bodies of two other workers were found Friday.

Rescuers prepare to move a body found at a landslide site at Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam,, October 24, 2020.

This was the fifth body recovered from the landslide that occurred on October 12 at a construction site near the hydropower plant, located deep in the jungle, around 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Phong Xuan Commune People's Committee in Phong Dien District of the central province. A total 17 workers were reportedly asleep when they were buried in the incident.

The first two bodies, one from neighboring Quang Tri and the other from Central Highlands' Dak Nong Province, were found and identified last week.

According to landslide survivors at the hydropower plant and confirmation by family members, the fifth victim is Truong Van Noi, from Loc Ha District in the central Ha Tinh Province, who was thrown from an excavator when the landslide occurred.

"Based on information from landslide survivors, rescue teams had focused on the buried excavator area while searching for the missing victims," one rescuer said.

On Saturday morning, over 100 rescuers and 12 vehicles were dispatched to the scene to search for the victims. Authorities are stepping up rescue efforts at the hydropower plant as heavy rains are expected to hit Thua Thien-Hue Province from Saturday night due to the impacts of Storm Saudel.

Since October 6, Thua Thien-Hue and other parts of the central region have been drenched by torrential rains, triggering floods and landslides that resulted in at least 123 deaths.

The day the hydropower plant was hit by landslide, a 21-member rescue team was dispatched to the scene. They stopped at a ranger station to rest for the night and was hit by a rocky landslide at midnight. Only eight people managed to escape while the other 13, including high-rank military officers, were confirmed dead more than two days later.

A few days after the two deadly landslides in Thua Thien-Hue, a landslide in neighboring Quang Tri Province early on Sunday killed 22 soldiers in what might be Vietnam's biggest military loss in peace time.

Vietnam braces for tropical storm Saudel

Vietnam is gearing up for the arrival of yet another storm, Saudel, while provinces in the central region are still reeling from the worst flooding in years, which has killed more than 100 people and left dozens missing.

Tropical depression likely to strengthen into storm in next 24 hours

A tropical depression in the East Sea is forecast to move west-northwest at a speed of 20-25km per hour, gaining the strength to become a tropical storm in the next 24 hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Vietnam braces for yet another storm

Storm Nangka is heading straight for northern and north-central Vietnam following its evolution from a tropical depression Monday afternoon.

Tropical depression to hit central Vietnam, may become storm

A tropical depression heading for central Vietnam may evolve into a storm in the next 12 hours and make landfall on Sunday.

Flooding in central Vietnam is lesson for disaster management

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said that Vietnam should learn from the historic flooding in the central region in order to make disaster management more effective.

Source: VnExpress