More than 200 workers of the Sametex International Company Limited were hospitalized due to food poisoning in Long An Province on December 16.
Doctor Vo Cong Luan, director of the Long An General Hospital, said that the workers suffered stomach ache, nausea and vomiting after having lunch and dinner at the company. Most of them have already regained health, but 65 are still being treated at the hospital.
Agencies in the province are taking food samples for testing, so that they can investigate the cause of the food poisoning outbreak.
