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Storms and Floods Cause Massive Losses in Viet Nam (4461 words) |
 | Long An is an upstream province of the Mekong Delta and had been suffering flooding since July 2000. |
| Districts in the Plain of Reeds area of Long An province were flooded and water continued to rise in southern districts of the province along the Vam Co Dong river. |
| The province is evacuating 600 families in flooded areas of Thot Not and O Mon districts to higher ground. |
| CTV.ca - Bird flu stages comeback in Vietnam- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television (327 words) |
| Long An province is the latest area where the H5N1 virus - which jumped from poultry to humans earlier this year, killing 24 people in Vietnam and Thailand - has staged a comeback, said Hoang Van Nam, head of the epidemiology section of the Veterinary Department. |
| To date, more than 50,000 birds have died or been culled in the 11 provinces in the most recent wave of outbreaks since the virus resurfaced in the country after Vietnam declared itself free of bird flu at the end of March. |
| Long An, a major poultry breeding area in the Mekong Delta just 60 kilometres southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, was the first place that reported bird flu outbreaks in Vietnam late last year. |
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