The National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on November 11 held an annual requiem for the victims who lost their life to traffic accidents in Vietnam this year.
People who are found to be drunk while driving would have their driving licences revoked permanently under a new proposal by the Ministry of Public Security, said a senior police officer.
The National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launched a walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.
A total of 13,242 traffic accidents occurred in the past nine months, killing 6,012 people and injuring 10,319 others, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
Losses caused by traffic accidents in Vietnam amount to 50 trillion VND (over 2.12 billion USD) each year, equivalent to 30 percent of budget spending on education, or 1. 5 million people going without income for the whole year.
The National Committee on Traffic Safety and the Bosch Vietnam company on September 20 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in traffic accident and vehicle safety studies and in proposing measures to improve traffic safety in Vietnam.
The first ten months of the year saw fewer traffic accidents in Vietnam, with just around 18,440 incidents, down 11 percent compared to the same period last year.
Deputy Chairman of the National Committee for Traffic Safety Nguyen
Hoang Hiep has highlighted the tightened management of transportation
services and vehicles’ capacity as urgent measures to help ease traffic
accidents.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked transport agencies and local
authorities to take drastic measures to improve traffic safety during
the rest of the year, a time when the death toll on the road usually
increases.
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