Click to play videoNew Delhi: In Vietnam, over 60 people have been killed and around 100 are injured — 17 of them critically — after an under-construction bridge collapsed.
A section of the bridge collapsed on land next to the River Hau. The cause of the collapse is not known yet but Vietnam TV reports that rains may have softened the foundation, bringing down a 300 foot section that had been built on Tuesday.
The transport minister Ho Nghia Dung visited the site on Thursday to survey the damage and said that the accident is the worst in the country's history.
Operations are on to rescue the 250-odd workers who were working on the bridge when it collapsed.
Relatives of construction workers kept vigil near the cordoned-off disaster area, which is about 170 km southwest of the commercial centre of Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam has recently been ramping up infrastructure projects to keep pace with an economy growing at more than 8 per cent a year.
Construction on the bridge had begun in 2004. The 2.75 km bridge was being made with Japanese collaboration at a cost of $300 million to link Can Tho and Vinh Long province.
The construction of the bridge was to have been completed by next year.
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