Vietnam Bridge Collapse Kills 60

As many as 60 workers were killed today when a bridge under construction in the southern Vietnamese city of Can Tho collapsed, Reuters reports. Chinese and Japanese contractors were working on the bridge over the Hau river; Vietnamese TV reported that rain might have softened the bridge's foundations, though no official explanation has been given.

At least 150 people are being treated for injury; 17 were in critical condition with head wounds, one official said. Medical help was being sent from Ho Chi Minh City, 105 miles away. The Japanese-funded bridge over the heavily trafficked Hau, a tributary of the Mekong river, was part of a major Vietnamese infrastructure upgrade. (More Vietnam stories.)