Over 3,700 drink driving cases dealt with in first week of 2020

Wednesday, 15/01/2020 08:33
According to the Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security, up to 3,785 cases of drink driving have been handled in the first seven days of 2020, with total fines of more than 12.5 billion VND (539,400 USD).

A driver is tested for alcohol level in Ho Chi Minh City (Source: tuoitrenews.vn)

Localities with a high number of violations include Tay Ninh, Dak Lak and Bac Giang, with 308, 214 and 203 cases, respectively.

Drivers in Vietnam have been told they can demand a second breathalyzer test a few minutes after the first one if they have consumed ripe or fermented fruits before driving, amidst concerns that the consumption could cause a false positive and lead to the drivers being subject to hefty fines under the country’s stringent new drink-driving law.

The new law, which took effect on January 1st, 2020, stipulates that drivers must be completely sober, not having downed any amount of alcoholic drinks, while operating bicycles, motorbikes, automobiles, and any other vehicles on Vietnam’s roads.

According to new  regulations, car drivers will be fined 30-40 million VND (1,297-1,729 USD) and have their driving licences revoked for 22-24 months if they are caught driving under the influence of alcohol.

Motorcyclists may face a 6-8 million VND (259-346 USD) fine and have their driving licences revoked for 22-24 months for the same offence.

Over 650,000 Vietnamese labourers working abroad

According to statistics of the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA, about 650,000 Vietnamese are working in more than 40 countries and territories worldwide.

Vietnamese workers check job offers (Photo: VNA)

In 2019, the country sent a total of 152,530 labourers abroad, surpassing the year’s plan by 27.1 percent. Japan was the biggest recipient with 82,703 labourers, followed by Taiwan (China) 54,480, the Republic of Korea (RoK) 7,215, Romania 3,478, and Saudi Arabia 1,375, among others, reported VNA.

2019 was the fourth consecutive year that Vietnam sent more than 120,000 workers abroad a year.

Five more air routes between Vietnam and Japan in 2020

Budget carrier Vietjet Air has announced that it has opened five more air routes linking culture, economic and political centres of Vietnam and Japan in 2020.

An aircraft of Vietjet Air (Source: hanoimoi.vn)

The new routes will connect Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang of Vietnam to Nagoya city; and Hanoi to Fukuoka and Kagoshima.

Nagoya and Fukuoka are the third and fourth largest cities of Japan, while Kagoshima is home to a large Vietnamese community.

With a total of 10 routes connecting Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka and Kagoshima, Vietjet Air continuously contributes to the addition of travel options, thus helping promote cultural and economic exchange between the two nations./.

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