HANOI, May 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 79 people were killed and 76 others injured in 133 traffic accidents across Vietnam during a four-day holiday that ended on Sunday, according to the country's Traffic Police Department on Sunday.
The major causes of the accidents included drunk driving, speeding and driving in the wrong lane, according to the department.
The traffic police forces nationwide are reported to have dealt with 29,172 traffic law violations during the holiday, imposing a total fine of 13.6 billion Vietnamese dong (591,000 U.S. dollars) and revoking 1,512 driving licenses.
Vietnam celebrated a four-day holiday from Thursday to Sunday, including the Liberation-National Reunification Day.
More than 17,600 traffic accidents took place in Vietnam in 2019, killing over 7,600 people, severely injuring some 13,600 and lightly hurting about 8,500 others, according to the country's General Statistics Office. Enditem
