On the evening of December 22, the Ban Co Traffic Police Team, under the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, set up a checkpoint to check alcohol concentration on Ly Thuong Kiet Street (section passing through Tan Binh District).
At around 9:00 p.m., traffic police discovered Mr. N.T.D (born in 1972) driving through a checkpoint with signs of suspected alcohol use, so they stopped the vehicle for inspection.
As a result, the traffic police discovered that Mr. D's breath contained an alcohol concentration of 0.084 milligrams per liter of breath.
At this time, Mr. D said he had drunk about 2-3 cans of beer before and was on his way home. "I know that I can't drive after drinking beer, but I was still sober. Taking a motorbike taxi would be a waste of money, and I wouldn't have a car to go to work tomorrow, so I decided to drive home myself," Mr. D said.
Working with the traffic police, Mr. D was also unable to present his driver's license or vehicle registration. The traffic police then proceeded to issue an administrative fine and temporarily impound Mr. D's vehicle.
For this violation, Mr. D will be fined 2.5 million VND, have his driver's license revoked for 11 months and have his vehicle impounded for 7 days.
Next, the traffic police discovered that Mr. L.V.T (born in 1966) had an alcohol concentration of 0.350 milligrams/liter of breath.
For this violation, Mr. T was fined 4.5 million VND, had his driver's license revoked for 17 months and his vehicle impounded for 7 days.
Mr. T then agreed to sign the violation report, but he said he would abandon the car. "If I can't sell this car for 4.5 million VND now, I will abandon it," Mr. T said.
Another case is Mr. U.Q.N (born in 1995) who was discovered by traffic police when he intended to drive onto the sidewalk to avoid the checkpoint.
Through testing, the traffic police discovered that Mr. N had an alcohol concentration of 0.315 milligrams/liter of breath.
Currently, Ho Chi Minh City Police are carrying out a peak period of attacking and suppressing crime, ensuring security and order during the 2025 Lunar New Year from December 15, 2024 to February 14, 2025.
According to preliminary statistics from the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, in the first two peak days, December 15 and 16, the city’s Traffic Police handled more than 3,300 violations. Of these, 1,016 were alcohol violations.
