Roof collapses at Vietnam Open; none hurt

A section of the roof collapsed yesterday during the Vietnam Open at Phan Dinh Phung Stadium in Hochiminh City.  Fortunately no players were hurt.  According to a translation in The […]

A section of the roof collapsed yesterday during the at Phan Dinh Phung Stadium in Hochiminh City.  Fortunately no players were hurt.  According to a translation in The Huffington Post, it was spectators who alerted players to the danger and all were able to get to safety in time.  A Youtube video of the incident is shown below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0887ivwW1BI

Photos of the scene and a report in Vietnamese are available from the 24H website.

Don Hearn

About Don Hearn

Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net