HÀ NỘI – Installing speed bumps and increasing the number of guards at rail crossings are among measures to reduce the number of railway accidents. The measures were proposed at a meeting held on Monday by the Transport Ministry following a sharp increase in the number of railway accidents during the week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday that ended last week. The Việt Nam Railways Corporation (VR) reported that in just seven days (January 26 to February 1) eight railway accidents claimed six lives and injured 11. From January 1 to February 4, there were 43 railway accidents nationwide in which 19 people died and 38 were injured. When there is no one there, they will relax and assume that there is no train coming, which can lead to accidents,” Tùng said.

Source: Viet Nam News February 07, 2017 11:26 UTC