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Overloaded trucks put HCM City bridges on brink of collapse

 VietNamNet Bridge – Over 100 bridges in HCM City are on the brink of collapse, according to figures from the City's Department of Transport.

Death toll of New York building collapse rises to 3

A powerful explosion leveled two residential buildings in New York's East Harlem neighborhood on Wednesday morning, killing three people, while nine others remained missing, officials said. 

10 killed in resort building collapse in S.Korea

A resort building crashed down in the southeastern city of South Korea Monday night, killing 10 people, including nine college students, and injuring dozens of others,

Gold mine collapses, three go missing

 VietNamNet Bridge - While illegally mining gold in Phuoc Hiep commune, Phuoc Son district, the central province of Quang Nam, three men were buried beneath hundreds of cubic meters of rock and soil after the mine collapsed at night.

7 injured in foot overbridge collapse in eastern India

At least seven people were injured when a foot overbridge collapsed at a railway station and caved in on a passing goods train in the eastern Indian state of Bihar Wednesday,

Vietnam’s coffee industry rumored to be collapsing

 VietNamNet Bridge – The rumor that the Vietnamese coffee is nearly falling down has been spread out through the world’s forums. There is no smoke without fire.

The old bridges waiting for collapse in Saigon

 VietNamNet Bridge - Ho Chi Minh City has many old bridges that are seriously degraded but they have to suffer the weight of thousands of vehicles each day.

Truck crashes into two houses in Saigon, 10 people trapped

At 4am on August 1, a container truck after passing Hoang Van Thu - Tran Huy Lieu intersection in Phu Nhuan District, Ho Chi Minh City rushed across the street and crashed into two houses, with 10 people inside.

HCM City: River “swallows” seven houses at midnight

 VietNamNet Bridge - Dozens of people living along the Nha Be River, Ho Chi Minh City had to evacuate from their houses at midnight on June 23 when seven houses suddenly fell into the river.

Binh Duong: Fruit fair devastated after a tornado

VietNamNet Bridge - Heavy rains accompanied a tornado overturned a big canvas house at the Lai Thieu fruit festival in the southern province of Binh Duong on June 16. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

Thanh Hoa: Deputy Director fired after quarry accident

Song Ma Company has fired the deputy director of Construction Enterprise No. 5 and a team leader after the quarry collapse in Vuc Mountain, causing three deaths and one injured worker on June 7.

Can Tho: $35 million embankment collapses

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 60m of embankment of a VND700 billion ($35 million) project which is under construction collapsed into the river of Can Tho on the early morning of May 30.

Ca Mau: Six houses slide down to river, two children escape death

 VietNamNet Bridge - While asleep, many people woke up because their houses shook and fell into the river. Two kids could not run in time and fell over to the rubble, but they survived.

Church collapsed in Thai Nguyen, 3 died, 40 injured

VietNamNet Bridge - When dozens of construction workers were building a church, suddenly the roof collapsed, killing at least three people and injured around 40 others.