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2 killed, 4 injured in scaffolding collapse in Vietnamese capital

Xinhua, October 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

A scaffolding collapsed Thursday morning in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, leaving two workers dead and four others injured.

According to initial information, the incident occurred at around 5:00 a.m. on Thursday (22:00 GMT on Wednesday), when construction workers were casting concrete on the sixth floor of a 28-storey resident building in Hanoi's Hoang Mai district.

Two workers fell off and died while the four others were injured, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA on Thursday.

Local authorities are investigating for the reason of the accident. Enditem