During the first two days of the April 30 – May 1 holiday, there were 44 accidents across the country, killing 36 people and injuring 33 others, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
Qualified helmets have been presented to 10,000 students across Hanoi under a programme organised by the Vietnam Grand Prix company, aiming to convey traffic safety messages to the young.
The total figures for traffic-related accidents, deaths, and injured cases declined in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
A total of 13,242 traffic accidents occurred in the past nine months, killing 6,012 people and injuring 10,319 others, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
Iizuka Kazuhiro, a physical therapist born and raised in the southern Japanese coastal prefecture of Shizuoka, has moved to Vietnam’s central province of Thanh Hoa to work as a volunteer.
Accidents on the road killed 67 and injured 74 others during the three-day New Year holiday from December 30, 2017 to January 1, 2018, according to the Office of the Public Security Ministry.
As many as 29 people were killed while 32 others were injured in 34 road accidents on December 30, the first day of the three-day 2018 Calendar New Year holiday, said the Ministry of Public Security.
The number of traffic accidents, deaths and injured people went down in both July and the first seven months of 2017, according to statistics provided by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
Vietnam aims to cut the number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent every year and lower the number of severe crashes related to coaches and motorbikes between 2016 and 2020.
The Thai Ministry of Labour has assembled engineers to provide free vehicle checkups and maintenance for the New Year’s holiday in an effort to reduce road accidents.
A total of 55 traffic accidents occurred during the two-day national holiday on April 30 and May 1, the National Traffic Safety Committee has reported.
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