The Hanoitimes – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh launched the Year of Traffic Safety 2018 during a ceremony in Hanoi on January 3. Speaking at the event, Binh said traffic accidents decreased in number of cases, fatalities and injured victims from 2012 – 2017. Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh launched the Year of Traffic Safety 2018 In 2017, traffic accidents claimed 8,279 lives, 406 fewer than 2016, marking the greatest single year reduction since 2013. He asked the National Traffic Safety Committee, ministries, agencies, mass organisations and authorities of centrally-run cities and provinces to abide by the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Instruction on strengthening Party leadership on ensuring safety and order of road, railway and inland waterway traffic, the Government’s resolution on adopting key measures to ensure traffic safety and order and instructions from Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung made speech at the ceremory The Deputy PM requested fulfilling key tasks this year, including refining mechanisms on traffic safety, modernising equipment for traffic police and inspectors, restructuring and improving public transport services and using modern technology in transport management, among others. On behalf of the Capital’s leaders, Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung thanked the Deputy Prime Minister of the Government – Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee; the leaders of the Ministry of Transport, the National Traffic Safety Committee, the ministries, the central branches that have regularly…
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NDO – A strong political determination and more drastic actions made by agencies, branches and localities at all levels are necessary to reduce traffic accidents as well as the number of deaths and injuries on our roads. The requirement was made by Politburo member and Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh during his working session with Government Office and the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) on April 25. Addressing the meeting, the Deputy PM appreciated the results and efforts of branches and localities at all levels in reducing traffic accidents over the past years, particularly in regards to the determination…... [read more]
NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has boosted local leaders and relevant agencies uphold their responsibilities in examining, controlling and punishing violations to traffic safety, as well as preventing overloaded vehicles from destroying transport infrastructure.Deputy PM Phuc, also head of the National Traffic Safety Committee, made the statement at a national online conference on October 2 on ensuring traffic safety in the past nine months and implementing the work to the end of the year.He stated shortcomings in ensuring traffic safety, including increasing waterway accidents, insuring and hiding overloaded vehicles, and irresponsibility of on-duty traffic officers, asking ministries,…... [read more]
Thao Van boat which was capsized on Han River, Da Nang city on June 4 (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested ministries, agencies and localities to work together more closely towards reducing the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries in 2016, by 5-10 percent. While presiding over a teleconference in Hanoi on June 28 held by the National Committee for Traffic Safety to review traffic safety and order in the first half of this year and roll out tasks for the remaining months of this year, the official called for greater efforts to ease…... [read more]
In his speech, Mr Hai praised the National Committee for Traffic Safety (NCTS) provinces and cities for effectively implementing Government decrees on traffic order and safety.Ensuring traffic safety is a long-term task that needs many effective and sustainable measures, therefore, ministries, sectors and localities should closely work with the NCTS to come up with solutions to ensure traffic safety by intensifying promotional campaigns and raising public awareness of adherence to traffic law.It is essential to revise and finalise the legal framework on traffic order and safety, properly handle violations of traffic law and socialise transport infrastructure facilities, said Mr HaiParticipants…... [read more]
The Deputy PM, who is also Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety, made this request while chairing an online meeting on traffic safety in Hanoi yesterday.Speaking at the event, Deputy PM Phuc praised the initial achievements made by relevant agencies, branches and localities in the early months of 2012 to control the traffic and ensure traffic safety. These achievements follow the implementation of the Government’s Resolution No. 88/NQ-CP dated August 24, 2011.As part of the measures he urged, the Deputy PM suggested improving law enforcement, boosting patrols, strictly monitoring transport vehicles, in addition to raising public awareness on…... [read more]
NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the Ministry of Transport to pay due attention to researching and rolling out measures to ensure traffic safety, and improving the quality of transport infrastructure facilities.Speaking at the third Vietnam Traffic Safety Conference in Hanoi on November 26, the Deputy PM agreed with the national master plan on implementing technology to ensure traffic order and safety.He spoke highly of measures put forward by experts aiming to curb traffic accidents, saying that technological solutions play an important role in supporting State management in the field.... [read more]
Young people enjoy the traditional Choul Chnam Thmey (New Year) festival. (Source: aseantourism.travel)Hanoi (VNA) – Cambodia has deployed more forces to ensure traffic safety and order from its capital city of Phnom Penh to Siem Reap city in order to prepare for the traditional Choul Chnam Thmey (New Year) festival, especially during the Angkor Sangkran on April 13.... [read more]
President Tran Dai Quang (L) sends Tet greetings to Hanoi's traffic police on January 26 (Phôt: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – President Tran Dai Quang has toldtraffic police of Hanoi to ensure traffic order and safety during the week-longLunar New Year (Tet) holiday.He delivered Tet greetings to the capital’sdivision of road and railway traffic police during a pre-Tet visit on January26 (or the 29th of the last month of the lunar year).He recognised their achievements, attributingthe smooth and safe traffic situation in Hanoi to the local police’s efforts.It is not easy to address traffic congestion,even in many developed countries, he said, considering…... [read more]
The traffic police will mobilise their force to the maximum extent to implement this campaign, said Son. Strict punishment would be given to violators for infractions.The primary focus of the campaign will be local roads and national highways 1A, 5, 51, 14, 18. Specific locations where traffic accidents are well known to happen will also be heavily patrolled.The campaign will include comprehensive checks of common violations made by coaches and motorbikes, including excessive speed and driving while intoxicated.Traffic police will also take precautions to prevent illegal motorbike racing and minimize traffic jams, according to Son.This campaign will be implemented to…... [read more]
The Deputy PM, who is also Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety (NCTS), made this request in message No. 01/CĐ-UBATGTQG on January 4.The NCTS has ordered local Traffic Safety Committees to report the results of activities after the 2012 Traffic Safety Year was launched, and continue to clear sidewalks and roads in urban areas, as well as road and railway traffic safety corridors.Deputy PM Phuc urged all levels of administration in all sectors to devise traffic safety plans, identify key measures to meet the demands for travel and goods transportation, and aim to reduce traffic accidents and traffic…... [read more]
