Bird flu outbreaks have continued to spread in Vietnam, while a man suspected of being infected with the virus fled a hospital quarantine unit, state-controlled media reported today.

Vietnam’s most notorious gangster expressed regret for his life of crime and urged his grandsons not to follow in his footsteps hours before being executed by a firing squad.

A BIRD FLU outbreak that has sickened nearly 600,000 chickens in Vietnam is suspected of being linked to the deaths of 10 children and an adult in Hanoi, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.