More than 40,500 fined for drunk driving during run-up to Tet

A traffic police officer tests a motorbike driver for alcohol in Hanoi on January 18, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Gia Chinh

Some 40,590 people were fined for drunk driving in the last month after year-end parties, the Traffic Police Department said.

At 1 p.m. on Wednesday, four officers from the Hanoi Police's Traffic Police Team No. 6 set up a checkpoint at Tran Thai Tong Street, Cau Giay District.

One of the officers, in civilian clothes, was stationed in an area with many pubs 500 m from the checkpoint with a walkie-talkie to notify the checkpoint when someone left the pub.

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