A ceremony was held on Jan. 5 to kick off the 2021 National Traffic Safety Year and an intensive campaign to ensure traffic safety during the coming Lunar New Year holiday.
Statistics from the Ministry of Public Security show during 2016-2020, Vietnam recorded a lower rate of traffic accidents (down 42.71%), fatalities (down 19.01%) and injuries (down 53.91%) compared to the previous five years. In 2020, Vietnam recorded the lowest number of traffic accidents during the last decade with the number of fatalities being under 7,000. (Photo: VNA)
In 2021, the country strives to reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries by 5-10 percent compared to last year, reducing traffic congestions in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and other major cities. (Photo: VNA)
Policemen parade at the launching ceremony. (Photo: VNA)
The National Traffic Safety Year aims at improving the dissemination of legal education in traffic safety and order, building traffic culture with focus on safe traffic skills, traffic accident risk warning. (Photo: VNA)
The national strategy on road traffic safety for 2021-2030 period and a vision to 2045 aims to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by road traffic accidents annually by 5-10 percent in a sustainable manner.
Hanoi has set a target of cutting the number of road and rail accidents next year, especially those caused by drink-driving, by between 5 and 10 percent.
The Vietnam Register (VR) should build a more modern registration model and improve the quality of motor vehicle registration service, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Le Dinh Tho.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the breaking ground ceremony for the first phase of the My Thuan - Can Tho expressway project in Vinh Long city in the Mekong Delta province of the same name on January 4.