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March 27, 2015

Vietnam investigating scaffold collapse that killed 13 workers

By MINH V. TRAN
Associated Press

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam's prime minister on Thursday ordered a swift investigation into a scaffolding collapse that killed 13 workers and injured dozens, while a unit of South Korea's Samsung Group involved in the construction project offered initial assistance to victims' families.

All the victims were Vietnamese subcontractors working on a seaport breakwater project in the Vung Ang economic zone in central Vietnam, about 248 miles south of the capital, Hanoi.


 
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