HANOI, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — A total of 7,107 traffic accidents occurred in the first eight months of this year in Vietnam, with 4,124 people dead, 2,849 severely injured and 2,076 slightly injured, according to the latest statistics of the country’s General Statistics Office.
The numbers of traffic accidents, deaths and light injuries decreased by 5.1 percent, 3.6 percent and 9.8 percent year on year, respectivel