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As many as 1,716 traffic accidents occurred across the country during a month from December 16, 2015 to January 15, 2016, killing 735 people and injuring 1,550 others.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities have said that the city's Traffic Safety Board this year would aim to reduce the number of traffic accidents by 5 percent and the time of traffic jams to no more than 30 m

The Phuoc Tuong – Phu Gia road tunnel on the National Road 1A that is crossing Phu Loc district, the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has been put into use.

A 46km session of National Road 1A from Hanoi to Bac Giang province was opened to traffic on January 3 after 18 months of upgrade work, and six months ahead of schedule.

During the first three days of 2016, there were 124 traffic accidents and 65 fatalities, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Enhancing public awareness of traffic safety culture is imperative to ease congestions and reduce traffic accidents, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference in Hanoi on December 8.

A commuter train collided with a minibus on a level crossing in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on December 6, killing at least 16 people.

Deputy PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Transport to pay due attention to researching and rolling out measures to ensure traffic safety, and improving the quality of transport.

Over 18,400 traffic accidents occurred across the country over the last ten months, killing nearly 7,200 people and injuring more than 16,700, the National Traffic Safety Committee has reported.

Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 15 to commemorate the victims of fatal road traffic accidents and call for people’s higher road sense.

The first ten months of the year saw fewer traffic accidents in Vietnam, with just around 18,440 incidents, down 11 percent compared to the same period last year.