Heavy rain caused flash floods and landslides in northern Vietnam, killing seven people and destroying buildings, disaster officials and state media reported Thursday.
Following the downpours, five people perished in Son La, while two more died in Dien Bien.
Rescue crews are also looking for ten other people who have been reported missing in the mountainous provinces, according to officials.
According to the Tuoi Tre newspaper, flash floods hit Muong Pon commune in Dien Bien province early Thursday, destroying ten homes and damaging eight others.
It has been raining severely in northern Vietnam since Tuesday, and several regions, including the outskirts of the capital Hanoi, are covered in muddy floodwater.
Between June and November, Vietnam is frequently hit by downpours, which cause flooding and landslides.
However, experts have cautioned that climate change is causing extreme weather events to become more intense and common around the world.
In mid-July, a landslide caused by heavy rains killed 11 persons traveling in a van in northern Ha Giang.
Natural calamities struck the Southeast Asian country last year, killing or leaving 169 people missing.