21-seater bus driver, owner fined over $8,000 for exceeding passenger capacity in Vietnam
Vietnam News 12:49 19/02/2026Police in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam fined a bus operator and driver a total of US$8,390 on Wednesday after discovering a 21-seat passenger bus carrying 50 people, following a public tip-off and on-site inspection.
Sleeper bus driver, owner fined over $2,000 for carrying excess passengers in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 14:56 03/02/2026Vietnamese traffic police have fined a sleeper bus driver and the vehicle’s owner a combined VND52.5 million (US$2,019) for carrying passengers in excess of the permitted limit on a south-central Vietnam expressway, police said on Tuesday.
Driver, owner fined $3,960 for no license, uninspected sleeper bus in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 09:35 05/01/2026Traffic police have fined a sleeper bus driver and the vehicle’s owner a total of VND104 million (US$3,960) after discovering that the driver did not hold a valid driver's license and the bus lacked a mandatory inspection certificate while operating on an expressway in south-central Vietnam.
Overloaded sleeper bus fined nearly $3,700 on Vietnam expressway
Vietnam News 11:05 27/12/2025Traffic police have fined a north-south sleeper bus VND97.5 million (US$3,695) after discovering it was carrying far more passengers than permitted while traveling on the Cam Lam-Vinh Hao Expressway in Khanh Hoa Province, south-central Vietnam.
Don’t ban sleeper buses in Vietnam — Fix how they’re managed: opinion
In-Depth 10:13 10/08/2025Editor’s note: In this piece submitted to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper, Dang Vy expresses their concern over the proposed ban on sleeper buses in Vietnam, arguing that stronger regulation—not prohibition—is the key to improving road safety. Vy’s opinion was translated from Vietnamese to English and edited by Tuoi Tre News for clarity, consistency, and coherence.
Ho Chi Minh City might ban sleeper buses from entering inner-city areas
In-Depth 09:37 04/08/2025The Division for Transport Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has proposed expanding the existing time-limited restriction on sleeper buses in the inner city into a full 24/7 prohibition following a six-month evaluation of the current policy.
Ho Chi Minh City traffic police crack down on violations by passenger buses
Ho Chi Minh City 17:38 27/07/2025In a large-scale operation targeting traffic violations by passenger vehicles, Ho Chi Minh City traffic police have launched a coordinated campaign to inspect and penalize buses operating outside their approved routes and picking up or dropping off passengers illegally.
Sleeper bus driver arrested following tragic crash that killed 10 in north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:11 27/07/2025Police in Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam detained the driver of a sleeper bus involved in a road accident that claimed 10 lives and left 14 others injured on Friday, an officer said on Saturday.
Sleeper bus overturns, leaving 10 dead in north-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 09:00 25/07/2025A devastating traffic accident occurred in the wee hours of Friday in Ha Tinh Province, north-central Vietnam as a sleeper bus overturned on National Highway 1, leaving 10 people dead and 14 others injured.
Re-evaluating Vietnam’s expressway design: A call to action after fatal crashes
In-Depth 16:30 20/07/2025Expressways are meant to be key drivers of socio-economic development, but the decision to build some of them with only two lanes per direction, without emergency stopping lanes, has raised concerns over safety, efficiency, and long-term investment effectiveness.
Follow-up: Fatal rear-end sleeper bus crash occurs following tire burst on 2-lane expressway in Vietnam
Vietnam News 11:12 11/07/2025A tragic collision on the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway in Vietnam’s Lam Dong Province early on Wednesday morning has raised alarms over the safety of the country’s two-lane highways after a sleeper bus rear-ended a stalled vehicle suffering a tire blowout, killing three people and injuring dozens more.
3 dead, dozens injured in sleeper bus crash on Vietnam expressway
Vietnam News 11:54 09/07/2025A serious collision between two passenger buses occurred in the early hours of Wednesday on the Vinh Hao-Phan Thiet Expressway in Vietnam’s Lam Dong Province, leaving three people dead and dozens of others injured.
