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Traffic police in southern Dong Nai province have spent 92 billion VND (4.3 million USD) on installing traffic cameras in Bien Hoa city to help curb traffic violations and road accidents.

Traffic accidents claimed the lives of 99 people and injured 127 others across Vietnam from April 30 to May 3, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested localities to check the quality of all suspension bridges, especially in mountainous areas, at a teleconference on February 25.

Vice-chairman of the National Transport Safety Committee Nguyen Hoang Hiep spoke with Giao thong (Transport) newspaper about Vietnam's efforts to tighten transport management.

More than 5.5 million traffic violations nationwide resulted in 2.9 billion VND (138,000 USD) in fines last year, according to the Department of Road and Railway Traffic Police.

The State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank (WB) on January 14 inked a credit deal worth 250 million USD to improve the country’s efficiency and sustainability of road asset management.

Delegates raised at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 22 suggestions to a project on strengthening traffic safety on the southern region’s highways before it will be submitted for the Government’s approval.

Traffic deaths in the first seventh months of 2013 rose by 4.86 percent year-on-year, according to statistics released by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

A two-month crackdown on speeding coaches has been launched nationwide in an attempt to prevent deadly traffic accidents.

As many as 12,052 road accidents have occurred across the country so far this year, a year-on-year decrease of 14.77 percent, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Vietnam’s socio-economic performance in 2012 and the first four months of this year was high on the agenda at the National Assembly (NA)’s fifth session that opened in Hanoi on May 20.

Addressing the opening session, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said although the socio-economic situation is moving in the right direction, it remains slow and fragile. It is forecast that Vietnam will still face challenges in socio-economic development while the global economic climate remains uncertain.

Traffic deaths in the first quarter of this year rose by 0.7 percent against the same period last year, according to statistics from the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

For three days, beginning on March 23, road users in Hanoi have an opportunity to change their low-quality helmets for a new standard of protective headwear under a programme established by the city’s traffic safety committee.

A requiem for the peace of the souls of traffic accident victims was held at the Vietnam Buddhism Academy in Hanoi on November 10.

Many old motorcycles will go off Ho Chi Minh City 's roads when a limit on their life span to be recommended soon by the police is approved by authorities.

Traffic deaths on land, rail and water in the first four months of this year decreased by 30 percent against the same period last year, the National Committee for Traffic Safety announced on May 17.

A road safety week was launched in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Feb. 13.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged people nationwide to strictly abide by road traffic safety laws to reduce the number of injuries and lives lost.