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major area of focus. One train driver interviewed in 2009 reported that he had worked as a driver for
Vietnam Railways for over 10 years without receiving any training or professional development to improve his skills, which he had learned in Russia. Checks on drivers have also been suggested, along with random
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in 2008, having caused 190 deaths and 262 injuries; most of these incidents were said to have been caused by motorists failing to follow railway safety regulations. By way of comparison, the number of fatalities due to railway incidents was recorded as 115 in 1998, and 82 in 1988. The following table
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Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has identified poor management practices and the weak enforcement of safety laws and regulations as contributing to railway incidents as well. To ensure the enforcement of safety laws, railway authorities have announced their intention to increase the number
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Vietnam, although improving, is still poor enough overall to require rehabilitation. Rail transport only became a national priority for the Vietnamese government around the mid-1990s, at which point most of the railway network was severely degraded, having
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has led to a decline in railway incidents. These measures include: public awareness campaigns on railway safety in the media; construction of fences and safety barriers at critical level crossings in major cities; mobilization of volunteers for traffic control at train stations and level crossings,
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Main railway lines have a maximum speed of 70 km/h (43 mph), but trains regularly slow to 30 km/h (19 mph) (and even 5 km/h (3.1 mph) in some cases) around bridges, many of which were damaged during the war and which still suffer from structural safety problems. Along
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Vietnam occur mainly at unprotected or unauthorized level crossings; as of 2010, around 90% of all incidents were reported to occur at level crossings without safety fences. A study carried out by Vietnam Railways in 2010 noted that, out of 5,400 level crossings in Vietnam, only
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Vietnam Railways. Public awareness campaigns in the media have been carried out to educate the public about railway safety. The training and professional development of train operators has also been suggested as a
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North–South line. The project's goals include the refurbishment of 44 bridges and 37.6 km (23.4 mi) of railway tracks, the building of two new railway bridges and a new railway station at Ninh Bình, and the purchase of 23 track machines. The project was expected to be completed in 2010.
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As a whole, railway incidents account for 1.5% to 1.6% of all transportation incidents occurring in
Vietnam, contributing to 1.8% to 2.35% of all fatalities and 0.7% to 0.8% of all injuries. Averaged over a ten-year period from 1988 to 1998, the number of railway incidents taking place at level
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150 billion (US$ 9.5 million) five-year contract for consultancy services to Japan
Transportation Consultants, the Pacific Consultants International Group, and the Japan Railway Technical Service (Jarts), regarding a VND 2.47 trillion project to further improve bridge and railway safety on the
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11,020 million, or 18% less than the budgeted cost. The overall results of the project included a reduction in running hours from one end of the line to the other (from 36 hours in 1994 to 29 hours in 2007); an increase of speed limits on rehabilitated bridges (from 15 to 30 km/h (9.3 to
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are dangerously close ... People will cross the tracks at great risk, dodging in front of the train. ...usually, an accident occurs every day." In the first 10 months of 2009, 431 railway incidents reportedly took place throughout
Vietnam, causing 166 casualties and injuring 319 people.
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of spot checks on safety at level crossings, prevent people from using unauthorised crossings, and build more access roads to level crossings. Volunteers have also been mobilized to provide traffic control at both level crossings and train stations, especially during holiday seasons.
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caused by failure to decrease speed were also noted as a common cause of accidents. As of 2010, around 90% of all railway incidents occurred at level crossings without safety fences, and most were said to have been caused by motorists failing to follow traffic safety laws.
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November 22, 2009 – Nine people were killed when a bus returning from an engagement ceremony collided with a southbound train at a level crossing in Thuong Tin, Hanoi. One set of warning lights at the crossing was out of order, and the other set had
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crossings was recorded as 2,595, or 66.3% of all railway incidents during that period. This rate can also be expressed as 12.34 incidents per million train-km, which is 4 times higher than the incident rate in Canada, and 100 times that of India.
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750 (or 14%) were manned or had alarm systems to signal the arrival of trains. Along the North–South Railway line, 3,650 level crossings were counted, 3,000 (or 82%) of which had no barriers, alarm systems or guards. The city of
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March 30, 2011 – Again in Thuong Tin, Hanoi, a minibus carrying 18 people to a wedding collided with northbound cargo train at an ungated level crossing. The crash killed 9 people and left 6 injured, all in the same
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834:"2 killed in tourist train derailment in Vietnam"
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563:Gần 500 người chết do tai nạn đường sắt năm 2010
343:In 2007, Vietnam Railways awarded an additional
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