According to the latest report by the National Traffic Safety Committee and local police, within December 29, 2018, the first day of this holiday, about 42 traffic accidents were reported nationwide, killing 27 people and injuring about 15 people.
Major causes for road traffic accidents included driving in the wrong lane, speeding, bad driving and drink driving. There was no accidents regarding railway and waterways.
According to a report on Dan Tri newspaper, The National Traffic Safety Committee also said that police stopped over 6.582 traffic violations, collecting fines of over VND6 billion.
Vietnam Government recently urged ministries and agencies to speed up and complete legal documents which were expected to help tackle existing traffic problems.
For example, the transport ministry was asked to complete the draft of the Governmental decision on conditions for transport businesses. The Ministry of Justice was asked to review laws and make recommendations to the Government if it was necessary to increase fines for traffic violations.