Ha Tinh, July 30 -- The People's Procuracy of central Vietnam's Ha Tinh province has approved a decision to initiate legal proceedings agaisnt and temporarily detain the driver of a passenger bus involved in a tragic accident that killed 10 people on July 25.

According to the provincial procuracy, the driver Le Ngoc Thanh, born in 1989 and residing in in the central province of Thanh Hoa, has been charged with "violating road traffic regulations" under Clause 3, Article 260 of the Penal Code.

The accident occurred at around 1:50 am on July 25 when Thanh was driving a sleeper bus carrying 28 people on a route from Hanoi to Da Nang. As the vehicle reached Km 571+800 on National Highway 1A in Dong Trinh residential group, Song Tri ward, Ha...