Hong Kong holds avian flu drill (People’s Daily) More than 300 people from government departments, the Hong Kong International Airport and airline held an exercise against avian influenza here Friday as a dead bird was later test positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of virus. The e ... [News Source]

Bird flu hits poultry farm in Vietnam capital (Straits Times) HANOI - BIRD flu has hit Vietnam's capital for the first time in over a year, killing 2,000 unvaccinated chicken, ducks and geese in farm in the suburbs of Hanoi this week, officials said on Friday. [News Source]

Dead bird in Hong Kong tests positive for H5N1 bird flu (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) A dead wild bird found near a Hong Kong nature reserve last week has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the government said Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in Vietnam capital (New Kerala) Hanoi, March 7 : Bird flu has killed more than 2,000 ducks and chickens in Vietnam's capital city, raising the number of provinces with avian influenza outbreaks this year to 10, an official said Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu appears in Hanoi (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge – The Veterinary Agency on March 6 reported that bird flu killed over 2,000 poultries in the suburban district of Soc Son, Hanoi. [News Source]

Chaiyaphum man tested negative to bird flu (The Nation) Chaiyaphum – A man who was suspected of having contracted bird-flu virus has tested negative, the provincial chief health officer said Friday. [News Source]

Bird flu detected in Vietnam’s capital (EARTHtimes.org) Hanoi - Bird flu has killed more than 2,000 ducks and chickens in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi, raising the number of provinces with avian influenza outbreaks this year to 10, an official said Friday. More than 2,000 ducks and chickens were found ... [News Source]

Vietnam: Bird Flu Resurfaces In Vietnam’s Capital After A Year (Sin Chew Jit Poh) HANOI, VIETNAM: Vietnamese officials said Friday (7 Mar) that bird flu has made a comeback in Vietnam's capital after being held at bay for more than a year, and chided farmers for negligence in fighting the virus. [News Source]

Bird flu hits Vietnam’s capital (People’s Daily) Bird flu has recently stricken poultry in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi, raising the total number of affected localities nationwide to nine, local newspaper People reported Friday. The daily quoted the Vietnamese Department of Ani ... [News Source]