The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation has taken its Helmets for Kids programme to the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen, to make the road to school safer for local children.
The People’s Committee of the central city of Da Nang has asked the Ministry of Planning and Investment to consider the early start of phase 1 of the construction of Lien Chieu port, in order to reduce traffic accidents in the city and boost local development.
Seatbelts save lives, so laws mandating they be worn in cars must be obeyed, said experts.
Thirteen people were killed and three others were injured severely after a concrete mixer truck crashed into a passenger coach in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on September 15.
A session focusing on road traffic safety in ASEAN took place in Hanoi on September 12 as part of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) 2018.
More than 500 young people of the northern province of Vinh Phuc attended a local traffic safety campaign launched on September 12 by Honda Vietnam Co. LTd. and the provincial People’s Committee.
A slogan contest for the “Traffic Safety in Vietnam with Doraemon” 2018-2019 programme was launched in Hanoi on September 6 by the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department, in collaboration with the ministry’s Department of Foreign Relations and Japan’s Mainichi Shimbum newspaper.
The number of deaths and injuries caused by traffic accidents across the country reduced during the National Day holidays from the same period last year, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC).
Drops were recorded in the numbers of road traffic accidents, traffic deaths and injuries nationwide in the first two quarters of 2018, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
The police force in Ho Chi Minh City has devised numerous measures to increase the helmet-wearing rate among local children.
The National Committee for Traffic Safety in collaboration with the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) held a grand requiem for traffic accident victims in 2018 on August 23.
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), National Traffic Safety Committee and Honda Vietnam Co. Ltd. on August 15 inked a cooperation programme on traffic safety education for the 2018-2023 period.
Minister To Lam said on August 13 that the Ministry of Public Security and the Central Public Security Party Committee have resolved to strictly deal with any violations within the ministry, even those involving senior officers.
The construction of the tunnel through the Cu Mong Mountain Pass connecting Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces is expected to be completed by the end of this year, three months ahead of schedule.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired a national online conference on August 6 on the protection of children against violence, abuse and risks to their health and life.
Up to 13 people were killed and four others were severely injured in a traffic accident in the central province of Quang Nam on the early morning of July 30.
Authorities of the Lao capital of Vientiane will soon commence imposing ten-fold fines on drunk drivers and speeding motorists in the capital, in a bid to reduce the frequency of road-related accidents, injuries, and fatalities.
The number of people registered for tissue and organ donation has remained very small and fails to meet the nation’s demand for organ transplants, said Nguyen Hoang Phuc, Deputy Director of the National Coordinating Centre for Human Organ Transplantation.
