Special report: Global fight against bird flu

    HANOI, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A 33-year-old man from South Korea died of pneumonia with bird flu-like symptoms in Vietnam's southern Can Tho city, local media reported Wednesday.

    The man named Lu Chin-chu, whose wife is from the city's Co Dodistrict, died on Tuesday afternoon, 11 hours after being admitted to the Can Tho General Hospital, said Youth newspaper. Specimens from the patient are being tested for bird flu virus strain H5N1.

    His father in South Korea is suffering from pneumonia with bird flu-like symptoms, according to his relatives in the city.

    Bird flu first occurred in Vietnam in December 2003. Since then, 100 people in the country have been recorded with H5N1, 46 of whom died, reported Vietnam News newspaper. The majority of human cases have been exposed to infected poultry.