Vietnam

An amateur Guernsey historian who bought a Vietnam War helmet from a charity shop has returned the military piece to the soldier's surviving family.

Floods and landslides have caused most of the deaths, many of which have come in the northwestern Lao Cai province, bordering China.

Phan Truong Son was driving across the bridge when it collapsed and he was thrown into the river. He told reporters he did not believe he would survive .