Up to 177 traffic accidents happened across Viet Nam in the first six days of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, which began on 2 February, killing 112 people and injuring 150 others.

The scene of a traffic accident (Source: VNA)

The figures represented decreases of 23.37%, 37.43% and 19.35%, respectively, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.

On the 6^th day alone, or 7 February, 15 people were killed and 40 others wounded in 32 road accidents, while one person was killed in the first railway accident since the beginning of the holiday.

Traffic police  in provinces and cities handled over 2,000 cases of violation, collected fines totaling 990 million VND (42,570 USD) and seized 424 vehicles.

Meanwhile, 20 cases related to waterway traffic safety were dealt with, with fines of 11 million VND being collected.

(Source: VNA)