China has reported two new outbreaks of bird flu among chickens in its north-eastern province of Liaoning, bringing the total number of reported outbreaks in the past month to six.

Bird flu-hit Vietnam has reached an agreement with the Swiss manufacturer of the antiviral drug Tamiflu to allow the country to produce the medication starting early next year, a Health Ministry official said today.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced an Australian man to face a firing squad for heroin trafficking.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture and Information has instructed local officials to punish a Vietnamese actor branded a “national traitor” for appearing in the Hollywood film “We Were Soldiers” with Mel Gibson, an official said today.

Vietnam says it will deport Gary Glitter if he is found in the country.