Vietnam’s Central Highlands official fined over $1,900 for drunk driving
Friday, February 24, 2023, 15:00 GMT+7
A communications leader in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has been slapped with two administrative fines totaling VND46 million (US$1,933) for driving a car under the influence of alcohol and without a driver's license last month.
The People’s Committee of Quang Ngai Province in central Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that provincial chairman Dang Van Minh issued the fines to Tran Van Thuong, 47, director of the Department of Information and Communications of Dak Nong.
Thuong was pulled over and tested for alcohol concentration by traffic police officers in the namesake capital city of Quang Ngai Province at 10:15 pm on January 19, when he was driving a car with the plate number 48A 082.17 on Phan Boi Chau Street.
At the time, Thuong failed to show his driver’s license and his breath alcohol concentration was 0.804 milligrams per liter.
He also told officers at the scene that he was a freelance worker.
The traffic police department of Quang Ngai later determined that Thuong is director of the Department of Information and Communications of Dak Nong and has a B2 class driver’s license.
Thuong was fined VND35 million ($1,471) for driving a car with a breath alcohol concentration exceeding 0.4 milligrams per liter and VND11 million ($462) for driving without a driver’s license.
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