More than 800 people died this Tet holiday, mostly due to road accidents and fights, hospitals across Vietnam reported.
The Health Ministry said that in the eight day period spanning the four days before and after the Tet, 804 people died, with 40,000 people hospitalised.
The injury toll peaked on the second and third days of the Lunar New Year, with hospitals reporting nearly 7,000 injuries from traffic accidents, out of 35,000 traffic injuries for the whole period.
Meanwhile, over 5,000 people were taken to hospitals with injuries from fighting, 58 cases relating to injuries from fireworks, and 1,600 cases of food poisoning.
