Via Thanh Nien Daily: Bird flu returns to northern Vietnam. Excerpt:
Two communes in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien reported cases of bird flu on Wednesday.
Around 1,500 fowls have been disposed of in two communes of Dien Bien District since Monday after the H5N1 virus was spotted on January 14, the second time in 11 months at Thanh Hung Commune and third time at Thanh Yen Commune.
The provincial government has banned the slaughter and transport of chicken as well as trading in fowls from the two communes.
It also tightened control over poultry breeding in other communes around the district and at the province’s capital city of Dien Bien Phu.
