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Police say at least 14 workers were killed and 28 others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in central Vietnam.
The victims were sub-contractors for construction of a breakwater, led by Samsung C&T Corp, a unit of South Korea’s Samsung Group, according to deputy police chief Bui Dinh Quang.
The fatal accident happened at the coastal Vung Ang economic zone in Ha Tinh province, the online newspaper Thanh Nien (Young People) said.
The incident was the latest setback for the Vung Ang economic zone, which was hit by rioting and arson attacks on facilities employing Chinese workers last year, as anti-China sentiment erupted in the wake of a maritime territorial row.

Officials said the casualty toll could rise as there were thousands of labourers at the site when the incident happened on Wednesday evening.
Quang says it is not known if any more workers are trapped in the rubble.
“At the construction site, there were thousands of workers so the number of workers in distress is not yet accurately calculated,” said Pham Tran De, deputy head of the zone’s management board.
“Authorities are actively removing the rubble to rescue the trapped workers,” De told online newspaper VnExpress.
“All police force, border guards, rescue teams … are mobilised to take part in the rescue,” he said.
The Son Duong seaport is part of the Vung Ang economic zone where Taiwan’s Formosa Corporation is building a multibillion dollar steel complex.


Fourteen workers killed as scaffolding collapses at Vietnam construction site

Rescue helpers clean up after a scaffolding collapsed in an economic zone in central Vietnam. Photo: EPA

A victim of the scaffolding collapse is brought to a waiting ambulance. Photo: Reuters

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Police say at least 14 workers were killed and 28 others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in central Vietnam.


Fourteen workers killed as scaffolding collapses at Vietnam construction site

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Police say at least 14 workers were killed and 28 others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in central Vietnam.

Police say at least 14 workers were killed and 28 others were injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in central Vietnam.