A total of 257 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the four-day National Day holiday, killing 124 people and injuring 193 others.

There were 16,043 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15, 2023 to August 14, 2023, killing 7,077 people and injuring 12,248 others, reported the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee on August 27.

A grand requiem for dead victims of traffic accidents is scheduled to be held at Tu Dam Pagoda in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien - Hue, on August 30 - 31.

As many as 14,242 traffic accidents occurred nationwide during the first seven months of the year, killing 6,204 people and injuring 10,976 others, reported the National Traffic Safety Committee.

In the first six months of 2024, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) received 101 mandatory safety reports, including 42 incidents classified as level D, indicating a risk of safety-threatening incidents.

A 64-year-old German man died while his 61-year-old wife was injured in a traffic accident that occurred on May 8 morning in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

A total of 1,995 traffic accidents occurred nationwide in the month from March 15 to April 14, killing 845 people and injuring 1,537, according to the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Nine people were injured in a head-on collision between a minivan and a tanker truck carrying building materials in Dien Bien province on April 20.

As many as 6,552 traffic accidents occurred nationwide in the first quarter of the year, killing 2,723 people and injuring 2,924 others, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

When a horrific traffic accident occurred on the Cam Lo – La Son highway, analysts reminded the public about experts' warnings about the high risks on two-lane highways with no median strip and no emergency lane.

Five people died and a further five people were severely injured in a collision occurring between a sleeper bus and a container truck in Dong Cau village in Tu Quan commune of Yen Son district in Tuyen Quang around midnight.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries, agencies, and localities to promptly overcome the aftermath of a serious traffic accident in the central city of Da Nang.

As many as 30 people, including 28 passengers, on board a sleeper bus managed to escape the vehicle that suddenly caught fire in northern Ninh Binh province late on January 2.

During the course of the three-day New Year holiday a total of 155 accidents claimed 56 lives and injured 131 others, according to figures released by the Ministry of Public Security.

Two women have died after being hit by a train while driving a motorbike across the railway in Hanoi on Friday morning.

Vietnam is among 45 out of 193 UN member countries whose deaths in road accidents decreased by over 30% in the 2011-2020 period, said Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Road Traffic Safety Committee.

A national ceremony was held in the northern province of Hoa Binh on November 19 in commemoration of victims of traffic accidents in response to World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.

A total of 5,496 people were killed and 6,973 others injured in 9,826 traffic accidents nationwide in the first 10 months of this year, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Five people were killed and nine others injured in a traffic accident on October 31 in Lang Son Province.