July 30, 2011
I’ve spent a lot of time in Hanoi over the last 14 years, and have strong emotions about it, not of course all positive. Back in 1994, it was possible to walk around at 10 p.m. in the winter down the streets, which were basically empty of traffic, with a group of friends. There [...]
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June 19, 2011
Many people complain people in Vietnam rarely walk and rely too heavily on motorbikes. While people in other countries are willing to walk for several kilometers to work, supermarket or metro rail station, the Vietnamese depend on the motorbike even when their destination is within walking distance. Is it true that Vietnamese don’t usually [...]
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May 8, 2011
It is true that foreign tourists drive recklessly and cause accidents. However, compared to the Vietnamese, I think foreigners are accountable for less than 1 percent of all accidents. Many foreigners rent motorbikes in Vietnam without having to show any driving license. It would be more meaningful if motorbike rental shops stopped giving motorbikes [...]
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March 13, 2011
Thanh Nien Weekly had an exclusive ride-along with Ho Chi Minh City police during a recent citywide raid on illegal street racing A man being detained by police for participating in an illegal street-race in Ho Chi Minh City on March 5 Nguyen Kim Hoang, 27, climbed on top of his motorbike last Saturday, [...]
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February 6, 2011
Compulsory helmet law should apply irrespective of age, health experts say A boy sleeps without wearing a helmet as his mother rides her bike in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. Horns blaring incessantly, a motorcyclist without a helmet snakes through a crowded street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. His violation of traffic laws [...]
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November 25, 2010
Motorbikes end up under a public bus during a collision in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday A public bus in Ho Chi Minh City lost control and hit a series of motorbikes on Wednesdayas it was driving down the Saigon bridge. Â Six motorbikes were flung to either sides of the road after being [...]
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January 29, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s mechanics industry has not made any measureable progress and has been compared by experts to the son that never grew up. Industry behind The business began in 1991 with just a machine producing instant noodles and now Lituda manufactures a wide range of products, including about 100 different machinery parts and accessories. Lituda Director [...]
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January 27, 2010
LookAtVietnam – Smuggled goods carried by Vietnamese people, day and night, are penetrating Vietnam’s market. A motorbike that carried smuggle goods in Chau Doc TownSmuggled goods from Cambodia Tien Phong reporters, made a recent fact-finding trip to learn how smuggled goods are carried to Vietnam. They departed from Vinh Nguon Commune in Vietnam’s Chau Doc town [...]
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January 23, 2010
Hanoi has been crippled by traffic jams because its streets canât handle the number of vehicles in the city, local police have said. A recent report by the capitalâs police department said traffic would only be able to flow properly when only 2 percent of current traffic is traveling the streets. Statistics in the report [...]
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December 23, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Public awareness of the importance of traffic safety must be raised to reduce the number of road accidents, HCM City officials emphasised. According to the HCM City Police Department, 8,926 traffic accidents occurred this year, leading to 9,195 injuries and 856 fatalities. More than 12,500 vehicles were damaged in accidents.In 2008, 70 per [...]
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