HANOI: A Vietnamese sport official on Thursday blamed "pitiful" construction at an antiquated stadium for a dramatic ceiling collapse midway through an international badminton tournament.
"It's pitiful. The plaster ceiling was outdated," Le Thanh Ha, head of the badminton section of Vietnam's Sports and Gymnastics Department, told AFP.
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