By Nguyen Pham Muoi, Wall Street Journal
HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam reported a record-high number of traffic deaths over the extended holiday weekend, with 117 people dead and 151 injured, a government agency said Monday.
A truck travels past a traffic police check point outside Hanoi on April 8. The country recorded a record number of traffic accidents over the recent holiday weekend. Reuters
The number of accidents fell to 224 from 240 cases reported in 2013, when 110 people were killed and 260 injured, the National Traffic Safety Committee said in a statement.
A majority of the accidents were caused by motorcyclists who violated traffic rules, such as driving under the influence of alcohol, not wearing safety helmets or piling too many people onto one motorcycle, it noted.
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