Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also the Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), on October 26 sent an official order asking localities to do more to ensure traffic safety following a series of particularly serious accidents in some provinces recently.
The Deputy PM asks localities to increase traffic police presence on roads, intensify mobile patrols to detect and deal with wrongdoing, and better manage passenger vehicles by ensuring them for safety.
He ordered provinces and cities to spread awareness of traffic laws and dangers to commuters.
At 6:30 p.m. on October 25, a passenger car driving on National Highway 279 in Bao Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, lost control and plunged down into a 30 metre abyss. Of the 46 passengers, seven died and 29 others were injured.
The NTSC has supported the dead victims’ families with 2 million VND each and injured passengers with 1 million VND.-VNA
The Deputy PM asks localities to increase traffic police presence on roads, intensify mobile patrols to detect and deal with wrongdoing, and better manage passenger vehicles by ensuring them for safety.
He ordered provinces and cities to spread awareness of traffic laws and dangers to commuters.
At 6:30 p.m. on October 25, a passenger car driving on National Highway 279 in Bao Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, lost control and plunged down into a 30 metre abyss. Of the 46 passengers, seven died and 29 others were injured.
The NTSC has supported the dead victims’ families with 2 million VND each and injured passengers with 1 million VND.-VNA
