Officials in Vietnam say more than two-hundred people have so far been killed and nine hundred injured in road accidents during the week-long Tet holiday, marking the Lunar New Year.
Traffic police say most incidents occured in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, and were caused by motorcyclists.
They say although the holiday produced a sharp drop in traffic, the amount ofdrunken driving more than compensated.
Correspondents say Vietnam has one of the worst road accident rates in the world; last year more than twenty people were killed every day.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
No comments:
Post a Comment