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Vietnam should permanently revoke driving licenses from drug users: health official

Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien says drivers caught using drugs should lose their licenses permanently or they will continue to pose a danger.

A HCMC court on Monday sentenced a drunk driver involved in a fatal car crash last October to three years and six months in jail.

Any amount of alcohol found in a person’s system will result in his/her driving license being revoked, under a new Vietnam law.

June 14, 2019 | 06:10 pm GMT+7

As long as drinking is a cultural necessity and worn as a badge of social honor, there will be a price to pay.

June 13, 2019 | 06:32 pm GMT+7

239 drivers have tested positive for drugs in Vietnam this year and 73,164 were drunk driving.

June 11, 2019 | 02:11 pm GMT+7

If you drink, don’t drive. If you drive, don’t drink. How many tragedies do we need to realize the obvious?

June 04, 2019 | 02:09 pm GMT+7

Typically, law enforcement and self-discipline would ensure people do not drive under the influence. Vietnam’s not typical.

May 28, 2019 | 10:34 am GMT+7

Social media was shaken by the image of a boy weeping in front of his dead mother on a street after a recent accident.

May 22, 2019 | 11:02 am GMT+7

Over 8,000 people marched in Hanoi on Sunday to protest against drunk driving, a reaction to recent accidents involving alcohol consumption.

May 14, 2019 | 05:30 pm GMT+7

Violators can be fined VND500,000-18 million ($21.50 - $770) and have their licenses revoked for one to five months.

May 09, 2019 | 07:46 am GMT+7

Hanoi police arrested a man on Thursday for drunk driving that killed two women on a motorbike the previous day.

May 02, 2019 | 08:30 pm GMT+7

45 percent of Vietnamese admitted to consuming alcohol.

September 10, 2016 | 04:43 pm GMT+7

One man died after the officer allegedly slammed his car into two motorbikes.

August 08, 2016 | 07:08 pm GMT+7