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Update news drunk drivers
Some days ago, I visited a beerhouse in Cau Giay district and found that it was shut down. Local people told me that the owner left several months ago and had a large amount of unpaid rent.
According to the Hanoi Traffic Police Agency, on average, the traffic police force handles nearly 200 cases of drivers violating rules on alcohol contents every day.
The Ministry of Public Security has devised a plan on inspecting drivers and handling traffic violations concerning "drunk vehicle drivers found having drugs in body and alcohol concentration".
New regulations have had a big impact on car and motorbike drivers this year.
Tougher sanctions will be imposed on drunk drivers in last months of the year as more year-end parties are usually organized this time; worse, about 40 percent of drivers drive under the influence of alcohol,
Multiple laws will be amended to impose harsher sanctions against drunk drivers, even though the National Assembly has failed to pass any regulations on penalties for this behavior.
VietNamNet Bridge – There is no doubt that drunk driving is a killer disease. Drunk drivers kill themselves and kill others.
VietNamNet Bridge – Drunk drivers whose alcohol content exceeds 100mg for every 100ml of blood, or 0.5mg for every litre of breath, should be pressed with criminal charges instead of fines, experts suggested.
VietNamNet Bridge – Despite the decline in traffic accidents since 2012, up to 26 people die every day on Viet Nam's roads.
According to Vietnamese law, specifically the Law on Road Traffic, driving under the influence of alcohol is strictly prohibited. For motorbike drivers, those with blood alcohol content of 50mg/100 millimeters of blood or higher
VietNamNet Bridge – A restaurant on Tang Bat Ho Street in Hanoi has decided to take drunk customers home to ensure traffic safety.
VietNamNet Bridge – Within a month of implementing a campaign against drunk drivers, Hanoi traffic police have handled 676 cases, collecting more than VND1 billion ($50,000) of fines.
Hanoi's Traffic Police Department fined more than 200 motorbike and car drivers a total ofVND324 million (US$15,400) for drinking and driving between December 15 and 25.
Drunk driving is the cause of 70 percent of traffic accidents in Vietnam, Office Chief of the National Traffic Safety Committee Nguyen Trong Thai said, urging drastic measures to tackle the problem.