An Giang (VNA), Oct. 11 -- The majority of localities in the Mekong Delta region saw a sharp decrease in the numbers of traffic accidents , fatalities and injured in the first nine months of this year, heard a Traffic Safety Day event held in Long Xuyen city, An Giang province on October 10.

According to the National Committee for Traffic Safety , five localities in the region - Kien Giang, Bac Lieu, Tra Vinh, An Giang and Ben Tre - saw a drop of over 30 percent in the number of fatalities caused by traffic accidents.

The falls in accidents were recorded in 11 out of 13 regional localities, contributing to a reduction of 5 percent in the number of road deaths across the whole country, the sharpest decline since 2014.

Nationwide, 12,700...