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.

Two opposing groups of Cambodian Buddhist monks engaged in a street fist fight today during a protest to demand religious freedom for their fellow monks living in southern Vietnam.

Thousands of poultry died of bird flu in the past two weeks in southern Vietnam, the government said today, in the country’s first reported outbreak in a year.

Tropical Storm Durian has slammed into Vietnam’s southern coast, killing at least 47 people, injuring more than 300 and destroying thousands of houses, officials said today.

More than 100 ducks have died suddenly in southern Vietnam in a suspected new bird flu outbreak, an official said today.

British rocker Gary Glitter today went before a Vietnamese court to appeal against his conviction and three-year prison sentence for molesting young girls at a seaside villa in southern Vietnam.

Disgraced British rocker Gary Glitter's appeal against his three-year child molestation sentence will reportedly be heard by a court on May 19 in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam.

FORMER rocker Gary Glitter has decided to appeal his three-year sentence for child molestation.

Faded British rocker Gary Glitter faces up to seven years in a Vietnamese prison if found guilty of child abuse charges this week in southern Vietnam.

Former British rocker Gary Glitter is expected to go on trial on February 20 in southern Vietnam to face charges of committing obscene acts with two girls aged 10 and 11, his Vietnamese lawyer said today.

Former British rocker Gary Glitter is expected to go on trial in southern Vietnam late next month, accused of committing obscene acts with two girls aged 10 and 11, officials said today.

Former British rocker Gary Glitter was formally charged today with committing obscene acts with two girls aged 10 and 11 at a resort town on the coast of southern Vietnam, a prosecutor said.

Pop paedophile Gary Glitter has reportedly fled his villa in southern Vietnam after local police officials learned about his past convictions.

A five-year-old boy from central Vietnam has become the latest person to contract the bird flu virus that has killed 46 people in the region, health officials said today.

A 10-YEAR-OLD Vietnamese girl became the 12th person to die of bird flu in a month, health officials said yesterday.

A 10-year-old girl from southern Vietnam became the 12th person to die of bird flu in a month, health officials said today, as authorities took precautions to keep the disease from spreading during the upcoming Lunar New Year festivities.

A 35-year-old woman died of bird flu in southern Vietnam, the country’s fifth death from the virus in three weeks, officials said today.

Vietnam today reported two new suspected cases of bird flu in humans as outbreaks among poultry spread to all parts of the country.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy from southern Vietnam has died of bird flu, a doctor said yesterday, in the second report this week of a death from the virus.

Rescuers searched today for around two dozen people still missing after a boat carrying some 150 passengers, mostly school students, capsized off the coast of southern Vietnam.

Authorities have recovered 22 bodies, including that of an eight-year-old boy, after a tourist boat carrying about 130 passengers sank off the coast of southern Vietnam, police said today.

The World Health Organisation confirmed another death in Vietnam from the bird flu virus today, bringing Asia’s death toll to as many as seven people.

International health experts are seeking a vaccine for the bird flu that has killed five people in Vietnam and millions of chickens across Asia.

Vietnam has no record that paedophile pop star Gary Glitter entered the country, the Foreign Ministry said today.

Two people were killed in southern Vietnam when a Vietnam War-era artillery shell exploded as they were trying to extract its explosives, police said.

Rising flood waters triggered by heavy seasonal rains have killed 17 people in central and southern Vietnam.

The confirmed death toll from a whirlwind that hit southern Vietnam early this week has risen to eight, an official said today.