As many as 18,736 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in 2018, leaving 8,248 dead and 14,802 injured. The figure was reported by Le Dinh Tho, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport at a meeting held on January 11 to review traffic safety issues last year. As many as 18,736 traffic accidents occurred in Vietnam in 2018 According to Tho, it meant that the country saw an average of 23 deaths due to traffic accidents every day. He added that the number of traffic accidents dropped by 6.71%, deaths by 0.04% and injuries by 13.13% over the previous year. Road accidents accounted for the highest number with 18,490 cases which killed 8,079 people and injured 14,732 others, down by 6.61%; 0.12% and 13,19% respectively on-year. The railway sector witnessed 147 cases, leaving 119 dead and 60 injured, down by 10.37%; 10.53% and 20% on-year. During the year, there were 83 inland waterway accidents, killing 46 and injuring 6. Meanwhile, the aviation sector reported 80 accidents. Tho … [Read more...] about Over 20 people die of traffic accidents per day in Vietnam
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Festive Fever in Vietnam
JuliaN Wong, General manager, Sheraton Hanoi This festive season the peak days fall into weekdays - Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve will be on Mondays. All of our hotel activities will be expanded to cover the weekends and weekdays. Guests will enjoy more celebratory activities for this festive season at Sheraton Hanoi Hotel. As we commit to an international service culture of personalised and memorable experiences through Hanoi’s gracefulness, ethnic cuisine, innovation and green practices that promises satisfaction, Sheraton Hanoi is proud to be the favourite destination of travellers. This year, we forecast an increase in leisure business for rooms besides expecting a stronger year end and festive season business for outlets and banquets – most notably yearend parties and weddings. Our hotel also forecast a slowdown in terms of business travellers as expected over those periods but overall, we have still seen a positive trend. Julien Pechey, General manager, … [Read more...] about Festive Fever in Vietnam
Grab expands GrabFood in Vietnam to pursue smart city vision
Grab is ramping up expansion efforts to implement its food delivery service in Vietnam, forming an ecosystem towards its vision of a smart city. Grab expands GrabFood beyond Indonesia and Thailand to new markets in Southeast Asia, starting with Vietnam Grab has recently unveiled its smart city vision of a future of seamless mobility, on-demand food delivery, logistics, cashless payments, and financial services for the people of Southeast Asia—all within one mobile app. Soon, Vietnamese consumers will be able to book a GrabCar to get to work, pay for their favourite Pho with GrabPay for lunch, zip to a meeting on a GrabBike, deliver gifts to their loved ones through GrabExpress, and order their dinner and eat at the comfort of their home with GrabFood. Riding on the success of ride-hailing, Grab will make significant technology investments in its platform to bring an expanded range of online consumer services to Vietnam this year. Starting from May 10, consumers in … [Read more...] about Grab expands GrabFood in Vietnam to pursue smart city vision
Internet speed in Vietnam restored as repair takes shorter than expected
A signal loss problem with an international submarine internet cable has been fixed in less than two days, much shorter than previous anticipations that it would take at least two weeks, a telecom firm said. The Asia Pacific Gateway cable’s signal loss issue was resolved at 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday, thanks to favorable weather conditions and the fact that the problem was not as severe as previously thought, the state-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group said. International connections in Vietnam have been restored to normal speed, it said. The signal loss, reported near midnight on Tuesday, was due to an unknown change to the cable’s default properties. Disrupted internet cables are unfortunately common in Vietnam. The ongoing problem is the third this year, after similar incidents in February and January. The Asia Pacific Gateway is currently the submarine internet cable carrying the largest amount of data flowing through Asia. The cable spans 10,400 kilometers, … [Read more...] about Internet speed in Vietnam restored as repair takes shorter than expected
Dirty business: The hidden workers who deal with waste in Vietnam’s capital
Minh has lived in Hanoi for ten years, but still doesn't speak fluent Vietnamese. He comes from an ethnic minority group based in the north of the country, but moved down to the capital to earn a living as a waste disposal worker in a residential building. Minh does not get the chance to practice his Vietnamese very much because concrete walls separate him from the rest of society, and the only connection he has with other people is a waste pipe. Minh does not know exactly how old his two sons are. All he knows is that they quit school early to follow him in the waste business. Minh's wife and older son clean up the bunker of garbage under a residential building in Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Do Manh Cuong Leaving his home in the mountainous province of Ha Giang, 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Hanoi, Minh now works in a hot and suffocating basement collecting waste to sell for recycling as a source of income for his family. Nhu, Minh’s wife, and their older son also … [Read more...] about Dirty business: The hidden workers who deal with waste in Vietnam’s capital