A passenger train has derailed near Phu Loc district of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on Saturday, killing and injuring hundreds of passengers.

The express train E1 was en route from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City when eight of its cars derailed at about noon local time, a Thanh Nien correspondent in Da Nang said in his preliminary report.

Hundreds killed and injured in central Vietnam derailment, continued