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Hundreds die in Tet traffic accidents

 VietNamNet Bridge – Some 286 people were killed in 598 traffic accidents nationwide during the recent nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) festival that ran from January 28 to February 5.

Eighty killed, 214 injured during Tet festival

 VietNamNet Bridge – Close to 80 people were killed and 214 others were injured in 182 traffic accidents nationwide in the first three days of the Lunar New Year, the latest report of the National Traffic Safety Committee has revealed.

Traffic accidents claim more than 9,300 lives

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) reports 2013 saw a total of 29,385 traffic accidents that killed 9,369 people and caused 29,500 injuries.

Traffic accidents devastate local families

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thanh Thuan (not real his name) of District 8 quit his job, and nearly everything else in his life, after his 13-year-old daughter died in a motorbike accident last year.

Electric bikes peddle menace on Hanoi streets

 VietNamNet Bridge – No technical standards, no driver's licence, no number plates or related papers, no need to buy insurance and speeds of up to 50km per hour.

82 killed in National Day traffic tragedies

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Traffic Safety Committee said 82 people were killed and 117 others were injured due to traffic accidents during the National Day holidays.

Many traffic violators escape punishment

 VietNamNet Bridge – Lax management by the HCM City Transport Department on the operation of container trucks and buses has led to a large number of traffic violation cases and traffic accidents.

Traffic accidents kill six in southern provinces

 VietNamNet Bridge – Three people died yesterday, July 14, when a 16 seater bus collided head on with a motorbike travelling in the opposite direction in Tan Thanh District, Binh Duong Province.

Crackdown targets speeding drivers

 VietNamNet Bridge – A two-month crackdown on speeding coaches has been launched nation-wide in an attempt to prevent deadly traffic accidents.

Traffic accidents prompt stricter road supervision

 VietNamNet Bridge – Transport minister Dinh La Thang has asked for stricter control over the operation of coaches and heavy trucks to prevent traffic accidents.

Traffic signs not up to scratch

 VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 64,000 substandard traffic signs need to be replaced along 17,000km of roads nation-wide, according to the Ministry of Transport's Directorate for Roads of Viet Nam.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 28/5

 Immunisation services suspended in Tuy Hoa; Month-long campaign targets poor, ethnic children; 4,000 killed on roads in five months; North prepares for further heat waves

Reckless pedestrians cause traffic accidents

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 37-year-old man was hit and killed by a truck while climbing a concrete median strip to cross Highway 1A in HCM City's Binh Tan District last Thursday night.

More than 100 die on roads during long weekend

VietNamNet Bridge – More than 100 people died in traffic accidents throughout Viet Nam during the five-day holiday to mark Liberation and May Day.

Calls for traffic order as road death toll increases

 VietNamNet Bridge – More than 5,600 traffic accidents were reported over the past two months of this year, killing nearly 2,000 people and injuring almost 5,800 others, a recent conference on traffic safety heard yesterday.

SOCIETY IN BRIEF 26/3

16 injured in head-on bus/truck crash; RoK: guest workers to benefit by returning home; Traffic order needed to reduce road death toll; Focus to be directed on emerging diseases

Alarm raised over traffic accidents on national highway

 VietNamNet Bridge – A series of fatal accidents have continuously occurred along National Highway 1A in the central provinces, raising concerns about traffic safety on this stretch of road.

Doctors warn of alcohol poisoning during Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – During Tet Lunar New Year, alcohol consumption rises and the number of drunken drivers causing traffic accidents always increases.

Traffic accidents kill 234 during Tet

 VietNamNet Bridge – A National Traffic Safety Board preliminary report states more than 290 traffic accidents occurred during the first six days of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday,

HCM City sees accidents decline

 VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City succeeded in decreasing the number of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries last year, but several factors take the shine off this achievement, experts say.