Vietnamese girl escapes death in Nepal’s snowstorm
(VOV) - A Vietnamese girl narrowly escaped death in a Himalayan snowstorm in Nepal on October 15.
The number of reported deaths from the unfolding tragedy is 32 including 17 tourists. However, the death toll is expected to rise.
Twenty-five year old My Linh said in her Facebook page that she feels she is the luckiest girl in the world to have been saved by villagers from Mutinath and survive.
Representatives from Trekking Agencies' Association of Nepal (TAAN) said it has mobilized all available resources to rescue victims in the snowstorm and it cannot provide any detailed information on another missing Vietnamese person.
All information on rescue work will be updated at http://www.taan.org.np
The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs has asked the Vietnam Embassy in India to contact relevant agencies to clarify the information that a Vietnamese person died in the snowstorm. So far, an additional seven people were found alive by rescue forces while 150 people were safely rescued from the mountain.