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Vietnam Lunar New Year traffic accidents fall 29%, deaths down 23%

Vietnam News 11:48 23/02/2026

Traffic 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 20/02/2026

Vietnam 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 19/02/2026

Three 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 17/01/2026

A 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 05/01/2026

Traffic 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 02/01/2026

Vietnamese 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 03/09/2025

Vietnam 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 13/07/2025

A 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.

Shooting prompts police to reinvestigate fatal traffic accident in southern Vietnam

Vietnam News 16:50 06/05/2025

The Ministry of Public Security is reinvestigating a crash that led to the death of a 14-year-old girl in Vinh Long Province, southern Vietnam in September last year after preliminarily concluding that a truck driver showed signs of violating road traffic regulations.