AFPの記事；
こちらの『読売』の記事では、死者37人である；
At least 52 killed in Vietnam bridge collapseby Tran Thi Minh Ha and Le Thang Long
Wed Sep 26, 10:46 AM ETA bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed on Wednesday killing at least 52 people and leaving dozens injured, state television reported.
About 250 labourers and engineers were working on the bridge in Vinh Long province when it gave way, sending slabs of concrete crashing into the river below, officials said.
"The latest death toll has reached 52 now," Vietnam Television said in an evening broadcast updating earlier tolls.
A senior police officer earlier said at least 38 were killed but he also had reports of a higher toll.
"We have received reports of the death toll reaching 38," said Le Van Ut, deputy director of the provincial police department, adding he had reports of up to 52 killed.
Rescuers were still working Wednesday night to free others trapped under slabs of broken concrete. About 150 military personnel have been mobilised to help with the rescue efforts, officials said.
People trapped under the rubble were making noises to attract attention and families of suspected victims were joining the rescue effort, the online newspaper VNExpress said.
"The top priority now is rescue work," said Ngo Thinh Duc, vice transport minister told VTV.
"The most difficult thing now is to dismantle the huge fallen concrete blocks to save people underneath," he told VTV.
One witness said he heard a very loud noise at one end of the bridge and then screams from workers for help.
"Workers started shouting. The scene was terrible as a giant concrete block fell onto so many people working underneath," worker Manh Hung was quoted by the VNExpress newspaper's website as saying.
About 79 of those injured were still being treated in hospital Wednesday evening, VTV reported, adding "17 were in very serious condition."
Officials previously talked about more than 160 injured in the disaster.
Deputy vice chairman of the Can Tho People's Committee, Pham Phuoc Nhu, said recent rains in the area might have weakened the structure as well as scaffolding attached to the bridge.
"So much rain over the last few days might have weakened and caused the collapse of the two bridge piers, leading also to the fall of the scaffolding system," Nhu said.
VNExpress quoted police sources as saying a weakened scaffolding system fell down, leading to the collapse of parts of the bridge that were only set in concrete on Tuesday.
Funded by the Japanese government, the 16-kilometre (10-mile) long bridge was being built across the Hau river and to link Can Tho and Vinh Long provinces. Japan was expected to donate up to 24,8 billion yen (215 million dollars for the project.
A Japanese embassy spokesman in Hanoi, Seiki Furudate, said it had not heard of any Japanese victims in the accident.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, sent an urgent message asking authorities to instigate a major rescue operation and investigate the cause of the accident.
VNExpress said construction on the site started in September 2004. The bridge was expected to be completed next year, it added.
"We have not known of any foreign engineers among the victims," police officer Hung told AFP from the site.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070926/ts_afp/vietnamaccidentbridge_070926134711&printer=1;_ylt=AjukU1_k88UdWl9A9xM300.GOrgF
なお、黄力穎「越南在建大橋〓*1〓*2至少60人死」（『東方早報』2007年９月27日）という記事によれば、死者は「少なくとも60人」。
ベトナムで橋崩落、３７人死亡…日本のＯＤＡで建設中
【ホーチミン（ベトナム南部）＝太田誠】ベトナム南部ビンロン省とカントー市の間にあるメコン川支流の「カントー橋」建設現場で２６日朝、橋が河川敷に崩落、当局によると、３７人が死亡、８７人が負傷した。現場には数十人がいたと見られ、被害者は増える見込み。崩落原因は不明。
カントー橋建設は、日本の政府開発援助（ＯＤＡ）による事業で、日本政府が円借款約２４０億円を提供。大成建設と鹿島、新日本製鉄が共同企業体を組み、２００８年中の完成を目指している。在ホーチミン日本総領事館は「被害者に日本人はいないと聞いている」としている。
（2007年9月27日1時5分 読売新聞）
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/world/news/20070926i412.htm
今回の事故は雨によって地盤が緩んだためらしいが、それにしても今年はよく橋が落ちるという印象がある。先ずは米国、中国の湖南省、それから日本でも最近橋が落ちたのでは？
