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Traffic police officers issued penalties totaling nearly VND11 billion ($477,000) on violators
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Traffic police officers issued penalties totaling nearly VND11 billion ($477,000) on violators
Wednesday, January 06, 2021, 14:38 GMT+7 A screenshot shows the Air Quality Index (AQI) readout of Hanoi reaching a 'very unhealthy' level on January 5, 2021. The Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded in Hanoi on Tuesday indicated a "very high" level of pollution, which poses significant threats to the overall health of local residents. As witnessed at 7:15 am on Tuesday on the air quality tracking app PAM Air, the majority of monitoring stations in Hanoi reported purple and brown signals, which corresponds to “very unhealthy” and “dangerous” warnings on the AQI scale. In the meantime, man...
Vietnam’s tough drunk driving law gets the ‘tough’ going By Ba Do  December 29, 2020 | 09:34 pm GMT+7 A police officer has a truck driver breathe into a breathalyzer on the Hanoi-Hai Phong expressway, December 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Ba Do. With over 185,000 drunk drivers subjected to heavier punishments in 2020, traffic cops are noticing improved driving attitudes on Vietnamese roads. Increasing numbers of drivers across the country are taking the decision of not driving after drinking, a practice that was common place for decades. It was drizzling and a cold wind was blowing ...