HANOI, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old man from Vietnam's northern Tuyen Quang province died from bird flu, local newspaper Youth reported Wednesday.

    The man named Tran Van Dong from Son Duong district ate dead fowls, developed bird flu symptoms on Jan. 16, and died on Jan. 18. His specimens were initially tested positive to bird flu virus H5N1, the newspaper quoted its unspecified source as reporting.

    Suffering from severe pneumonia and his weakened viscera, the man from Cao Lan ethnic group was admitted to the Tropical Disease Hospital in Hanoi on Jan. 16. Earlier, he and some of his family members slaughtered and ate dead fowls raised by them for meal.

    In late December 2007, after detecting no human cases of bird flu infections for nearly four months, Vietnam's Health Ministry confirmed that a four-year-old boy from Moc Chau district, northern Son La province died from bird flu on Dec. 16, 2007.

    The boy died after being admitted to the National Hospital of Pediatrics in Hanoi on Dec. 14, 2007. He was treated at a hospital in the district on Dec. 12, 2007 after showing signs of fever and pneumonia.

    Vietnam has confirmed a total of 101 human cases of bird flu infections, including 47 fatalities, since the disease started to hit the country in December 2003. The country has yet to confirm the latest human case of bird flu infection.