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During the six-day holiday, 263 accidents occurred across the country, killing 162 people and injuring 184 others.

The number of people killed in road accidents in southern Binh Duong province during the first three months of this year increased by 35 to 92, an annual rise of 61.4 percent.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an online conference reviewing outcomes of road safety programmes nationwide in the first quarter on March 31.

The death toll from traffic accidents in March surged, with 169 more fatalities recorded than during the same month last year, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired a meeting with standing members of the Cabinet on February 24, hailing efforts of ministries and localities to ensure a sound Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday for all.

As many as 209 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the four-day New Year holiday from January 1 to 4, with none recorded for waterways.

The ASEAN Young Professionals Volunteer Corps organised a volunteer programme to support community in Hai Duong commune, Huong Tra town, central Thua Thien-Hue province from November 23-December 5.

The management over motorbike riders should be intensified since they account for more than more than 70 percent of the country’s total road accidents, heard a Hanoi workshop on motor vehicle ownership and use.

The Thai Interior Ministry has launched activities for the World Day Remembrance of Road Traffic Victims, with the aim at reducing the rate of fatalities in road accidents, according to Thai media.

Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 16 to commemorate victims of fatal road accidents and call for people’s higher road sense.

A memorial service was held by Hanoi’s Transport Department on November 14 for the victims of fatal road accidents.

The Episcopal Council of the Catholic Church of Vietnam and the National Traffic Safety Committee signed a communication programme that allows them to work closely in promoting traffic safety in society.

A requiem for the souls of traffic accidents will be held at Vinh Nghiem pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City on November 9.

Vietnam is planning a series of events to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (November 16), the third of its kind to be held in Vietnam.

Nearly 2,000 drawings portraying day-to-day traffic situations from a child’s perspective were submitted to a children’s art competition run by the National Committee for Traffic Safety from June 22 to August 30.

A new coastal transport route between Quang Binh and Kien Giang province opened on October 5, slashing freight rates by up to 75 percent.

As many as 186 traffic accidents occurred during the four-day holiday from August 30 to September 2, killing 114 people and injuring another 145.

As many as least 12,855 road accidents have occurred nationwide so far this year.

Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho discussed curbing overloaded trucks on the roads with Dat Viet (Vietnamese Land ) e-newspaper.