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Flooding fatalities in Vietnam

TWO miners have died and 10 have been rescued in a northern Vietnamese underground coal mine whic...

Angie Tomlinson

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Rescue workers spent 13 hours Tuesday digging out the 10 survivors, who were uninjured, the Associated Press reported.

The incident occurred when workers mined into a pocket of water which flooded the mine.

The mine is owned by Dong Bac Coal Mine Corp.

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