Two carriages of the train traveling on Hanoi-Lao Cai route derailed in northern Yen Bai Province on September 6, killing two.

The victims, a 55-year-old woman and her 9-month-old grandchild, are said to stay at the end of the passenger car linking with the luggage car and were thrown in the quake of a collision.

The two cars, the luggage and the power generator ones, went off the track and fell into a paddy field after being hit by debris caused by landsides when passing a remote mountainous area where salvage force could not reach in Van Yen District.

Specialized crane has been mobilized to the area two recover the train locomotive and the two cars, as normal crane cannot do it.