A temporary pillar set on an uneven foundation was responsible for the collapse last year of a bridge under construction in southern Vietnam that killed 54 workers, state-controlled media reported today.

At least 34 workers were killed and dozens of others trapped or injured today when a bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed, officials said.

A bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed today, killing at least 12 workers and leaving dozens more missing or injured, officials said.

An 18-year-old woman in Vietnam has died of suspected bird flu, in what would be the country’s fourth death from the virus in two weeks, a doctor said today.

More than 230,000 people are in need of emergency food aid after floods in Vietnam's southern Mekong Delta that killed 56 people.