Statistics from authorities show that motorbikes are involved in approximately 65-70 per cent of traffic accidents in the country.

Traffic accidents killed 6,204 people nationwide in the first seven months of this year, a decline of 717 or 10.36% year-on-year, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Duong Duc Tuan has approved a plan on the implementation of a traffic safety communication programme this year.

A 64-year-old German man died while his 61-year-old wife was injured in a traffic accident that occurred on May 8 morning in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 5 asked relevant forces to maximise resources to settle the aftermath of a serious traffic accident in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang, which killed five people.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang has extended his condolences to the families of victims in a severe traffic accident in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, which resulted in the death of three members of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) football club.

All 18 victims who were injured in a recent serious traffic accident on Khanh Le Pass in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa have recovered and been discharged from the hospital.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is actively coordinating with competent domestic agencies, Khanh Hoa province, and Chinese diplomatic missions in Vietnam to handle issues relating to the traffic accident in Khanh Hoa and complete necessary procedures for the deceased in accordance with the law, the ministry’s spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on July 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries and agencies to promptly overcome the aftermath of an extremely serious traffic accident in the south central province of Khanh Hoa.

Eight passengers were killed and over 20 others were injured after a bus crushed into a truck in Thapabath district, Laos’ Bolikhamxay province on May 1, according to Vientiane Rescue 1623.

Police in the resort city of Da Lat in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on March 27 announced that a Korean tourist died on March 25 after his motorbike crashed into a roadside power pole.

Local authorities and residents of Quang Tri central province safely removed 14 foreigners from a passenger vehicle that overturned in an accident on National Highway 9 in Cam Lo township, Cam Lo district, on July 15.

A total of 37 people were killed and 52 others were injured in 81 traffic accidents nationwide during the Hung Kings Commemoration Day holiday, which started on April 9.

As many as 31 road traffic accidents were recorded on February 15, or the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, killing 19 people and injuring 24 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Traffic Police.

A total of 5,456 people were killed and 8,630 others injured in 11,653 traffic accidents nationwide in the first ten months of 2020, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The number of deaths due to inland waterway traffic accidents in the first half of this year nearly doubled the figure of the same period last year.

Two German nationals were killed in a traffic accident on Lo Xo pass in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on February 19.

The transport sector is striving to construct around 4,000-5,000km of expressways in the next 10 years, towards forming a national highway system in order to improve connectivity among regions nationwide, said Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The.

The number of traffic accidents has fallen dramatically, just two weeks after the drink-driving law took, according to Major Gen. Le Xuan Duc, Deputy Director of the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS).

As many as 2,275 standard helmets were presented to pupils of the northern province of Thai Nguyen at a ceremony at Gia Sang Primary School on October 3.