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Transport sector requested to increase technology application

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for applying more scientific and technological solutions in transportation management and traffic control in order to better ensure traffic safety and order.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for applying morescientific and technological solutions in transportation management andtraffic control in order to better ensure traffic safety and order.

At a teleconference on January 27, Deputy PM Phuc, who is Chairman ofthe National Committee for Traffic Safety, commended 10 localities whichrecorded a decrease of over 20 percent in traffic accident fatalities,namely Quang Ninh, Ha Giang, Bac Kan, Ninh Thuan, Cao Bang, Nam Dinh, CaMau, Bac Giang, Da Nang and Lang Son.

Five others,including Quang Tri, Kon Tum, Vinh Long, Kien Giang and Ben Tre, werecriticised for failing to reduce fatalities, as they suffered a trafficdeath rise by more than 10 percent.

The officialasked for joint efforts to reduce the numbers of traffic accidents,fatalities, and injuries by 5-10 percent against 2014, and improvetraffic jams at major cities.

He also requestedministries, sectors, and localities to work to ensure traffic safety andorder during the upcoming lunar New Year festival, emphasising the needto intensify inspections over transportation business andinfrastructure facilities.-VNA
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