Drunk driving punishments shoot up 600% during Tet compared to last year

A police officer tests a car driver for alcohol in Hanoi during the run-up to Tet, January 17, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Gia Chinh

Vietnam police have fined 7,700 people for drunk driving during the Tet holiday, a huge surge of 600% against the same period last year.

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security said that during the seven-day Tet break from January 20-26, almost 22,000 traffic violations had been handled.

Among them, more than 7,700 were for driving under the influence of alcohol, a sharp increase compared to the last Tet, when Vietnamese were granted nine days' break.

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