Traffic accidents, deaths, injuries down in 11 months
A total of 12,985 traffic accidents claimed 6,048 lives and injured 9,652 others in the first 11 months of this year, representing significant annual declines of 18.2, 13.2, and 20.5 percent.
Hanoi (VNA) - A total of 12,985 traffic accidents claimed 6,048 lives and injured 9,652others in the first 11 months of this year, representing significant annual declinesof 18.2, 13.2, and 20.5 percent.
Accordingto Office Chief of the National Committee for Traffic Safety, Nguyen TrongThai, 7,345 road accidents during the period left 5,932 dead and 3,921 injured,down 10.3, 13, and 13.6 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Meanwhile,63 people were killed and 20 injured in 79 railway accidents.
Fifty-nineaccidents on waterways claimed the lives of 43 people and injured seven others,while ten people were killed in 12 maritime accidents./.
Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen on September 28 urged authorities and people’s engagement in the prevention and control of alcohol harms as strong as the resolve to fight COVID-19.
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The VNA delegation, led by General Director Vu Viet Trang, actively participated in the event, engaging in both professional and diplomatic activities.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
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