Russian detained after drunk motorbike crash kills septuagenarian in south-central Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:46 05/05/2026A Russian man has been detained in south-central Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa Province after allegedly causing a fatal crash while intoxicated, which left a 70-year-old woman dead.
Vietnam records sharp decline in holiday traffic accidents
Vietnam News 11:29 04/05/2026Vietnam’s Traffic Police Department reported that 177 traffic accidents nationwide over the April 30-May 3 holiday killed 95 people and injured 114, down 72 crashes, 35 deaths, and 65 injuries year on year.
Traffic accidents drop sharply on first day of Vietnam’s Reunification Day holiday
Vietnam News 16:00 01/05/2026Vietnam’s Traffic Police Department reported a significant decline in road accidents nationwide on Thursday, the first day of the four-day holiday marking Reunification Day (April 30) and International Workers’ Day (May 1).
Identity of foreign suspect in stabbing of Vietnamese police officer after crash
Vietnam News 14:16 20/03/2026Police in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam confirmed late on Thursday that they had arrested and identified an intoxicated foreign tourist suspected of stabbing a police officer after a traffic accident in Mui Ne Ward.
Vietnam Lunar New Year traffic accidents fall 29%, deaths down 23%
Vietnam News 11:48 23/02/2026Traffic accidents across Vietnam during the nine-day 2026 Lunar New Year holiday from February 14 to Sunday fell sharply from a year earlier, with 381 crashes nationwide killing 230 people and injuring 274, the Traffic Police Department said.
Vietnam reports over 18,000 traffic accident emergencies in 5 days of Tet
Vietnam News 08:18 20/02/2026Vietnam recorded 18,255 emergency cases linked to traffic accidents and 123 suspected traffic-related deaths during the first five days of the 2026 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday from February 14 to February 19, the Ministry of Health said in a preliminary report.
3 family members killed in Tet holiday crash in Vietnam’s Lam Dong
Vietnam News 14:52 19/02/2026Three members of a family died after a motorcycle collided head-on with a car on National Highway 28 in Lam Dong Province, located in Vietnam’s Central Highlands, on Wednesday, the second day of Lunar New Year, authorities said.
Passenger bus crash kills 3 in northern Vietnam
Vietnam News 10:38 17/01/2026A passenger bus skidded off a national highway in heavy rain and fog and overturned in northern Vietnam’s Son La Province early on Saturday, killing three people at the scene and injuring one, traffic police said.
Traffic deaths decline nearly 32% during New Year holiday in Vietnam
Vietnam News 13:39 05/01/2026Traffic fatalities across Vietnam fell sharply during the four-day New Year holiday, with deaths down nearly 32 percent compared with the same period last year, according to a rapid report released by the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
Nearly 10,500 drivers penalized in Vietnam on New Year’s Day
Vietnam News 12:31 02/01/2026Vietnamese traffic police handled nearly 10,500 violations nationwide on Thursday, the first day of the four-day New Year holiday, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
Traffic accidents drop sharply during Vietnam’s National Day holiday
Vietnam News 17:22 03/09/2025Vietnam recorded 204 traffic accidents during the National Day holiday from August 30 to September 2, down over 29 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Traffic Police Department.
Police officer killed by dislodged container truck wheels in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:29 13/07/2025A police officer from An Nhon Bac Ward, Gia Lai Province, central Vietnam was tragically killed while walking for exercise as a pair of wheels detached from a container truck and struck him on Saturday.
