228 Traffic Accidents In The First Five Months Of 2008 In The Province.

The accidents mainly resulted from violating traffic law, not travelling in the right places, not observing in traffic and exceeding the speed limit, and drinking.

Traveling in the wrong street area – one of the reasons behind  traffic accidents.

In the first 6 months, the Department of Traffic and Transportation has established 37 inspection teams, supervised 139 driving license exam, uncovered 25 violating cases, inspected and fined 1,667 cases, deposited VND757 million into the State Bank. Over the last six months, the number of censored vehicles was 18,950, making up 65.34 percent of the year’s target with 17,500 vehicles given certifications (reached 67.80 percent); the income in early six months reached nearly VND2,800 million, including VND413 million deposited in the State Budget (reached 59.36 percent target).   

Reported by Nguyen Le, translated by Hoai Thu.