VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 196 traffic accidents nationwide during the four-day New Year holiday in early 2026, killing 94 people and injuring 154 others, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
The number of traffic accidents nationwide on January 4 (the final day of the New Year holiday) fell by more than 25% compared with the same day last year, reflecting positive results from traffic safety enforcement efforts, though violations remained high with over 12,000 cases handled.
VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 71 road traffic accidents on January 2, resulting in 41 deaths and 56 injuries, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
VOV.VN - A serious traffic accident occurred in Lao Cai on December 27 when a passenger bus carrying a charity group from Hanoi overturned, leaving nine people dead.
VOV.VN - A serious traffic accident between an ambulance and a tractor-trailer occurred in the early hours of December 18 on the Ho Chi Minh City-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway, killing three people.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Central Committee and the National Traffic Safety Committee will hold a requiem for victims of traffic accidents in Vietnam at Long Son Pagoda, Khanh Hoa province, on October 3 - 4.
VOV.VN - The four-day National Day holiday from August 30 to September 2 saw traffic accidents fall significantly in all three key indicators, according to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security.
VOV.VN - Traffic accidents across the country slightly declined in July 2025 compared to the same period last year in terms of the numbers of accidents, fatalities and injuries, according to the National Statistics Office.
VOV.VN - Nine people died and 16 others were injured when a sleeper bus overturned after hitting roadside markers in central Ha Tinh province early on July 25.
Vietnam recorded 7,853 traffic accidents nationwide from December 15, 2024 - May 14, 2025 resulting in 4,328 deaths and 5,307 injuries, a major decline from the previous year, according to Chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.