Strengthening communications to raise public awareness of traffic law is the most effective and economical way to ensure traffic safety, said Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Traffic police from ASEAN member countries have exchanged experience in ensuring traffic safety and order, and discussed measures to facilitate cross-border transportation at a forum in Hanoi.
A grand requiem for traffic accident victims was held at Trinh Pagoda in Quang Ninh province on November 13 with a view to easing the bereaved families’ pains of losing their relatives.
As many as 10,000 cases violating alcohol concentration regulations while driving were handled nationwide in August this year, mostly in Hanoi, Da Nang, Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City.
Some 71 traffic accidents occurred across the country during the three-day holiday from September 2 (National Day) to September 4, killing 33 people and injuring another 59.
Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has requested ministries, agencies and localities to work together more closely towards reducing the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries by 5-10 pct.
Up to 200 children in the northern province of Hung Yen sent messages on a safe life at a forum held on June 27 by the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
The Prime Minister issued Notice No. 1095/CD-TTg to direct relevant ministries, sectors and localities to push forward with measures to ensure traffic safety in the third quarter.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on May 25 that June has been earmarked for a string of programmes to protect children from accidents and injuries.
A total of 152 traffic accidents occurred across the country, leaving 111 dead and 138 injured during the four-day holiday from April 30 to May 3, according to the National Traffic Security Committee
A total of 34 traffic accidents occurred across the country, claiming 21 lives and leaving 23 injured on April 30, the first day of the four-day holiday.
The number of traffic accidents in the first four months of 2016 fell by 12.6 percent year on year to about 6,620 accidents, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
Doraemon, a famous Japanese manga character, is featured in a traffic safety campaign targeting Vietnamese children that was launched in Hanoi on April 20.
Traffic accidents in the first three months of this year decreased by 14.8 percent year-on-year to 4,985 cases, announced the National Committee on Traffic Safety on March 23.
Da Nang city will install security camera systems at 3,296 sites in case of emergency situations on streets and outside of residential areas, trading centres, industrial parks, markets, restaurants.
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