# 1941
The bird flu virus continues to simmer in Vietnam with 3 provinces currently reporting outbreaks, the newest report coming from Vinh Long Province in the south.
Checking back to the beginning of May, last year, I see that roughly the same number of provinces were reporting outbreaks of H5N1. By the end of May, however, 11 provinces were affected, and in June that number jumped to 18.
Hopefully this year won't see a repeat of last year's numbers.
Bird flu breaks out in one more southern province
15:15' 02/05/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge – Bird flu has been discovered in the southern province of Vinh Long, killing nearly 400 chickens of a farmer family in Xuan Hiep commune, Tra On district, reported the local veterinary agency.
According to Labourer Newspaper, chickens died on a massive scale on April 26. On April 28, the veterinary agency announced its test results, which showed that the chickens had died of bird flu. None of the chickens were vaccinated.
Vietnam currently has three provinces with this disease, Can Tho and Vinh Long in the south and Son La in the north.
Meanwhile, Youth Newspaper reported that foot-and-mouth disease in cattle is now in the two central provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
Blue ear disease in pigs continues to develop and it currently exists in ten provinces, including Ha Tinh, Quang Nam, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Thua Thien-Hue in the central region, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Nam Dinh and Ninh Binh in the north.
