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The information was revealed during a conference reviewing a two-month campaign to ensure traffic safety and social order on the road during the 2018 New Year and spring festivals, held in the central Nghe An province on March 5. Some 215 accidents occurred on the road in the reviewed period, resulting in 155 deaths while 124 people were injured, down 27.12 percent, 18 percent and 35.42 percent against the same period last year, respectively. Traffic police also cracked down on traffic law offences. Five working groups were formed and 900 staff members were mobilised to monitor and handle violations along National Highway 1A section running from northern Lang Son to southern Dong Nai provinces. Traffic police dealt with more than 57,730 traffic rule violation cases, revoked nearly 4,590 licences and detained about 2,000 vehicles. They also uncovered 203 cases of criminal law offences, detaining 94 suspects and seizing six heroin bricks, 571 synthetic drug tablets, 6kg of … [Read more...] about Traffic accidents reduce in National Highway 1A during new year

Compared to the same period last year, traffic accident numbers fell by 2.89% but fatalities rose 1.66%.  Among 27 localities posting more fatalities, 14 saw a rise of more than 40% while Ca Mau, Tay Ninh and Cao Bang provinces registered 150% or more extra deaths.  Chairing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, also Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, said traffic rule violations are rising, especially on highways and rural areas, and management in the field remains poor.  Vice Chairman of the Hanoi municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Quoc Hung said the city’s Transport Department will consider a plan to adjust inter-provincial transport routes via Hanoi to ease traffic congestion.  Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department Nguyen Ngoc Tuan suggested that the Transport Ministry should build a traffic supervision system and allocate land to build medical and search and rescue stations … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s traffic accident cases down in first quarter

The incident occurred at around 4:30 pm near a tollgate on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway in southern Hanoi on March 18. The fire truck from the Hanoi fire department en route for the scene of a traffic accident that had happened earlier on the same highway slammed into a long-distance 45-seat bus. A traffic police officer controls traffic passing the spot on the Phap Van-Cau Gie Expressway, where a fire truck and long-haul bus collided on the afternoon of March 18, 2018. Photo: Tuoi Tre The on-duty emergency service vehicle was barreling in the wrong direction at the time. The collision injured nine people, five of whom were passengers and four were firemen, while the vehicles’ front parts were severely damaged. A drizzle on the freeway caused poor visibility and a slippery road surface, leading to the vehicles, traveling at high speed, unable to respond safely, according to a leader from the fire department. The accident resulted in serious congestion on the … [Read more...] about ​Nine seriously injured as fire truck collides head-on with bus in Vietnam

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to residents in An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city, the central province of Phu Yen, which was hard hit by storm Damrey. (Source: VNA) Phu Yen (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to residents in An Phu commune, Tuy Hoa city, the central province of Phu Yen, which was hard hit by storm Damrey, during his working visit to the province on January 18. He said he hoped the residents help one another in surmounting the storm consequences to quickly resume production and stabilize their lives. He instructed the local authorities to take measures to ensure all residents in the locality enjoy a cosy Tet with sufficient essentials and food as it is a policy of the Party, State and the Vietnam Fatherland Front. The PM visited and presented gifts to Heroic Mother Ngo Thi Muoi, 97, who has three sons -- all war martyrs, in An Phu. Earlier, he visited engineers, technicians, and workers working at the Ca … [Read more...] about PM visits Damrey-hit residents, Ca Pass tunnel in Phu Yen