Police have arrested a man after he broke a car window and assaulted the driver inside following a traffic collision that hurt no one in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday.
Wind patterns from typhoon Yagi triggered heave rains that caused devastating floods and landslides in Lao Cai, Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen and Cao Bang provinces on Monday.
Approximately 1,200 drivers had alcohol-related traffic violations during this year's National Day holiday, with a decrease in the number of fatalities and injuries from traffic accidents compared to the previous year.
Vu Phong and his family embarked on their National Day holiday with hopes that traffic would be lighter than in previous years, and yet they found themselves spending nearly two days on the road during a three-day trip.
The HCMC-Moc Bai expressway, spanning 51 km, is expected to relieve traffic burden on national highway 22 and increase connectivity to Cambodia once completed.
The holiday travel rush paralyzed numerous routes in HCMC's Thu Duc City on Saturday, forcing traffic police to close and reopen an expressway constantly.
Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City is set to handle a surge in traffic during the National Day holiday from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3, with an estimated 120,000 travelers expected to pass through its terminals each ...
There were 16,043 traffic accidents nationwide in the past eight months, killing 7,077 people and injuring 12,248 others, the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee reported on Tuesday.
Authorities advised travelers departing from Thailand's Phuket Island to arrive at the airport well ahead of their flights due to floods on the island, which is causing widespread traffic disruptions.
The road was packed with vehicles, and I was moving inch by inch. The car behind me kept bumping into the back of mine. Frustrated, I turned around and shouted: "No brakes?".