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Vietnam’s road safety is now improving steadily

Improvements in road safety continue to be seen in Vietnam. In the six months from January to June 2017, there were around 9,500 traffic crashes reported in Vietnam, a drop of 636 from the same period in 2017.
July 3, 2017 Read time: 1 min

Improvements in road safety continue to be seen in Vietnam. In the six months from January to June 2017, there were around 9,500 traffic crashes reported in Vietnam, a drop of 636 from the same period in 2017. Meanwhile deaths from road traffic crashes fell by 229 to around 4,100, when compared with the same period for 2016. Serious injuries were also reduced by 1,004 to around 7,900 when compared with the same period in 2016. The latest crash data was announced by Vietnam’s National Committee for Traffic Safety.

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