Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has urged people nationwide tostrictly abide by road traffic safety laws to reduce the number ofinjuries and lives lost.
The Deputy PM made the callat a launch campaign in Hanoi on May 11, in response to the UnitedNations Global Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.
The campaign reflects the Vietnamese Government and people’sdetermination to respond to the goal of the decade, to reduce roadtraffic accidents and maintain worldwide stability and sustainabledevelopment, he said.
He said he believed events heldin Vietnam and other countries across the world would help raisepeople’s awareness of traffic safety laws.
Minister ofTransport and Communications and President of the National TrafficSafety Committee Ho Nghia Dung said the nation has only been able toreduce traffic accidents since 2003 with unstable results.
According to the ministry, in 2010, more than 14,440 accidentsoccurred in the nation, killing almost 11,450 people and injuring morethan 10,630 others. Road accidents claimed 11,060 lives and injured10,306 others.
To respond to the UN initiative’s goal,the ministry has devised a national strategy to ensure road trafficsafety until 2020 and a vision for 2030./.