HCM City’s traffic police officers set up a checkpoint on a street in District 1 to catch acts of driving under the influence of alcohol and other violations of traffic regulations. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh

HCM CITY — HCM City’s traffic police have encountered more than 93,500 cases of drunk driving in the first nine months of 2023, with total fines of more than VNĐ12.5 billion (US$539,400).

According to the Road-Railway Traffic Police Division (PC08) under the city’s Police Department, PC08 coordinated with other relevant forces to organise mobile patrol and control checkpoints to monitor the blood-alcohol levels of drivers.

Of the total violations, drivers of 421 cars and 93,086 motorbikes were caught driving under the influence of alcohol and had their driving licences revoked.

Some 150 drunk driving cases were found in five days in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces of Tiền Giang and Long An.

The Traffic Police Department (C08) under the Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with the traffic police officers of the two provinces checked the blood-alcohol levels of car and motorbike drivers from October 2 to 6.

The C08 and local traffic police officers set up many checkpoints on main streets in the two provinces to catch acts of driving under the influence of alcohol and other violations of traffic regulations.

All violation cases faced administrative fines and the vehicles seized for traffic violations were confiscated. — VNS