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On the morning of October 10, as floodwaters receded, residents of Thai Nguyen were once again bracing themselves for a grueling cleanup effort.
Entire neighborhoods were swamped with mud and garbage. Thousands of tons of waste buried homes, streets, and public facilities under thick layers of filth.
Many homes were submerged up to the second floor, leading to extensive damage to furniture and household items.
In the Luong Ngoc Quyen neighborhood, roads were completely choked with mud and debris. Families moved ruined furniture onto the sidewalks, waiting for sanitation trucks to arrive.
Vacant lots near residential clusters were piled high with trash.
By noon, the cleanup continued in full force. Tran Dinh Quang, a local resident, shared that every item on the ground floor of his home - wooden cabinets, TVs, tables, and chairs - had been underwater for three days and was now beyond repair. Everything had to be discarded.
With garbage on all sides, residents struggled to make their way through the wreckage.
One man was seen rummaging through heaps of waste, hoping to salvage something usable.
Along Luong Ngoc Quyen Street, businesses had also gathered piles of garbage outside, waiting for the sanitation service. The entire road was littered with trash by morning.
A waterlogged sofa was found stranded in the middle of the street, carried there after days of being submerged.
Although the water had drained, thick mud still covered the streets and alleyways, making movement extremely difficult.
At the Center for Vocational and Continuing Education, teachers, students, and janitors worked together to clean up. Large trucks were dispatched to transport damaged materials and trash to designated dumping areas. Documents, desks, and equipment were badly damaged.
Thach Thao
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