Vietnam is now paying a high price for the "tube house" culture and the boom in matchbox house construction.

Four members of the same family, including a pregnant woman, died after a fire broke out at a house on Ton Duc Thang Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi on April 4.

Following a house fire in which three people were killed, HCMC’s investigative police agency reported they have checked security camera footage and discovered a 50-year-old man carrying two cans of gasoline and starting the blaze.

A grandmother and two of her grandchildren have been killed following a house fire that happened in Hanoi during the early hours of December 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 72-year-old man died while six members of his family were rescued from a fire at their home in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen Town on Sunday afternoon.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Two women were killed in a fire that broke out in a house in Ha Noi’s Hai Ba Trung District in the early hours today.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A couple and their two children aged nine and three were killed yesterday after their house in Binh Duong Province’s Thu Dau Mot City caught fire early in the morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A man and his three children were burned to death about 11pm yesterday (Sept 13) after he set fire to his own home in Tan Bien Town in Tay Ninh Province.