After applying social distancing measure in Hanoi as part of the local effort to fight against COVID-19, streets in the capital are empty but the police forces at checkpoints on the main gateways to the city have to work hard to control traffic flows to the city.
Vietnam’s traffic infrastructure is expected to meet demand for the annual transportation of 4.4 billion tonnes of freight and 10.46 billion passengers by 2030, heard a recent meeting of the Ministry of Transport.
Traffic police nationwide detected and dealt with over 8,700 cases of traffic rule violation on April 15, the first day of a campaign launched to ensure traffic order and safety for the April 30 and May 1 holiday and the May 23 elections.
The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security on March 14 inaugurated a traffic surveillance camera system on Ho Chi Minh City – Long Thanh – Dau Giay Expressway.
PSNews – Vam Cong Bridge, which links up Mekong Delta provinces and facilitates the traffic between the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City, has been officially open to traffic.
Traffic accidents killed 96 people and injured 96 others during the five-day holiday which lasted from April 27 to May 1, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
A project to build a second branch of a double tunnel at An Suong intersection in Ho Chi Minh City’s district 12 has been suspended because affected households have refused to move and accept the compensation amount.
Transport Minister Nguyen Van The visited a unit of the traffic police in Hanoi on December 24 to inspect their implementation of a communications programme to improve helmet safety amongst children.
The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security and Japanese-invested Honda Vietnam have launched a communication programme to encourage children to wear helmets.
PSNews - The Traffic Police Force across the country will wage a major campaign to ensure traffic order and safety and social order. The campaign will start from December 16 through to the upcoming New Year, Lunar New Year (Tet) and spring festivals.
PSNews – The Provincial Police Department of Quang Nam has mobilized over 500 officers and soldiers and various vehicles to guide traffic flows in flooded road sections, and carry out rescue plans.
The number of traffic accidents caused by cars rose sharply nationwide over the last nine months, accounting for 33 percent of total cases, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC).
A total of 76 traffic accidents occurred across the country from April 28 – 30, killing 52 people and injured 46 others, according to a report from the Ministry of Public Security.
PSNews – The People’s Committee of Hanoi held a ceremony to start a project to build an elevated road above Ring Road 2’s section between Vinh Tuy Bridge and Nga Tu So Roundabout on April 22.
More than 1,500 people have been killed in traffic accidents in the first two months of 2018 in Vietnam, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
Many of the streets around Hanoi and HCM City are currently facing a traffic quagmire with congestion affecting popular thoroughfares as droves of people travel to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year festival (Tet).
PSNews - The National Traffic Safety Committee in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training launched the “Traffic Safety for Students” competition in the 2017-2018 school year.
