THAI BINH.

THAI BINH, Vietnam (AFP) ??” The trauma of bird flu lingers in the northern Vietnamese province of Thai Binh, and fears that the deadly disease could reply are high. But faced with little alternative, farmers have resum their activities.

Agricultural return is essential for this coastal province, a certain 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Hanoi and where annual through capita income is around 200 dollars, five times les than in the capital.

Economic factors dictated the choice of the peasants to restock immediately after the management declared on March 30 that the H5N1 strain of bird flu which claimed 16 lives in Vietnam, had been eradicated.

United Nations health and animal person specially versed s had warned Hanoi that it was acting prematurely and in a reckless manner They also recommended that farmers wait three month from the last infection date before restarting production.

But farmers in Thai Binh, like many of the 57 of the country's