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A driver's blood alcohol level is measured at a checkpoint on Tran Hung Dao Street, Bac Ninh city. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Statistics reveal that traffic accidents have dropped in all three criteria of incidents, fatalities and injuries in the first five months of 2022. This is equivalent to a decrease of 800 accidents (14.46%), 30 fatalities (1.07%), and 875 injuries (22.145) compared to the same period last year. Reports from the Office of the Ministry of Transport (MoT) said that since the beginning of this year, there have been 4,733 traffic accidents , which resulted in 2,761 deaths and left 3,078 people injured. The MoT has been working closely with other ministries, departments and localities to have a comprehensive and stringent action plan to effectively ensure traffic safety and order. The ministry also places focus on newly-emerged accident-prone spots, enhancing security and traffic signage, raising awareness, and giving out instructions for traffic … [Read more...] about Traffic accidents decline in five months

The artists are released on bail and waiting for the handling of the case from Spanish authorities. Two Vietnamese citizens are under investigations in Spain for accusation of sexual abuse of adolescents and privacy infringement. According to the Embassy of Vietnam in Spain, police in the Spanish island of Mallorca on June 25 announced that they arrested two Vietnamese nations for allegation of “sexual abuse of teenagers” and “privacy infringement.” Currently, the pair is released on bail and waiting for Spanish authorities’ decisions. Guardia Civil in Andratx. File photo After learning about the case, the embassy has taken citizen protection measures and worked with local authorities to get updated on the citizens ’ situation and ensure that Vietnamese citizens are well protected. Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked the embassy to keep an eye on the case to ensure citizen protection measures fully observed in accordance with … [Read more...] about Two famous Vietnamese artists under investigations over alleged sexual assaults in Spain

A series of strong earthquakes rocked southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least five people and causing damage to dozens of buildings, state media reported. A couple sits in the rubble after earthquakes struck the village of Sayeh Khosh in Iran's southern Hormozgan province Amir HOSSEIN TALEBI ISNA/AFP The quakes, including two of magnitude 6.0, struck west of the major port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, the US Geological Survey said. The first rattled an area north of the town of Dezhgan shortly after 2:00 am (2130 GMT), before a 5.7 tremor hit two hours later followed quickly by the second 6.0 magnitude quake, said the USGS. Hormozgan governor Mehdi Dousti said five people were killed, as cited by the official news agency IRNA. Dousti said most of the damage occurred in the village of Sayeh Khosh, close to the epicentre. State television said 49 people were injured and showed video footage of residential buildings reduced to rubble … [Read more...] about Strong quakes kill five in southern Iran

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, Charge d'affaires a.i. of Vietnam to the UN, speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) New York (VNA) – Vietnam has reaffirmed its support and contributions to the UN's efforts to improve road traffic safety at a UN General Assembly session being held on June 30 and July 1. The session adopted the “Political declaration of the high-level meeting on improving global road safety”, with the 193-member General Assembly committed to drive the implementation of the Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030, including the goal to half road traffic deaths in the next eight years. Speaking at the event, Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra , Charge d'affaires a.i. of Vietnam to the UN, affirmed that Vietnam totally supports the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021–2030. For the realisation of its goal, she said it is necessary to strengthen road safety legislation at global, regional and national levels to address current and emerging … [Read more...] about Vietnam backs UN’s efforts to improve road traffic safety

Vietnam’s aviation authorities have imposed a nine-month ban on a Vietnamese man after he failed to pay a fine for smoking on a domestic flight. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said on Thursday that 72-year-old Le Quoc T., hailing from northern Ha Nam Province, has been banned from domestic and international flights for nine months. T. smoked on flight VJ 464, operated by low-cost carrier Vietjet Air, on which he occupied the 28D seat, from southern Can Tho City to Hanoi on June 5. The flight ban against T. will take effect from July 8 to the end of April 7, 2023. T. was escorted from the plane upon its arrival at Noi Bai International Airport in the Vietnamese capital city at 5:00 pm on June 5 before being handed over to the Northern Airports Authority (NAA), which then issued an administrative fine for him. Despite several reminders and warnings, he refused to pay the fine. Smoking cigarettes, even electronic ones, is banned on all inbound and outbound … [Read more...] about Vietnamese man gets 9-month flight ban for smoking on plane

Police in Ho Chi Minh City, southern Vietnam, have put a 63-year-old Taiwanese man on wanted list for allegedly smuggling. The wanted man is Lin Yung Hsiang, who was prosecuted on charges of smuggling on June 1 but fled away later, the municipal police said Saturday. The smuggling was conducted through the legal status of southern Binh Duong Province-based Trang Bach Production and Trading Company, and the smuggled cargo was delivered to the city’s Cat Lai Port. Lin, the company’s owner, hired people to carry out customs procedures to intentionally import goods that were not the same as in the customs declaration form submitted, police said. The customs agency requested that the shipment be returned to the consignor, but Lin continued to hire people to seek ways to import the cargo containing food and consumer goods. The value of the smuggled goods was estimated at some VND620 million (US$26,600), police said. Such acts were enough to constitute the crime of smuggling, … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City police hunt for suspected Taiwanese smuggler