PM urges drastic actions to ensure traffic safety during Tet
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called for drastic actions to ensure traffic order and safety during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and spring festivals, as heavy traffic is forecast.
Heavy traffic is forecast during Tet holiday. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh has called for drastic actions to ensure traffic order and safety duringthe Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday and spring festivals, as heavy traffic isforecast.
In a dispatch sent to relevant ministries, agencies, and localities on January 29, the leader highlighted the communications work topromote the observance of traffic rules.
Specifically, the Minister of Transport was asked toinstruct the Department for Roads of Vietnam to closely control vehiclesthrough the monitoring system, and promptly handle violations.
The Ministry of Transport will direct its units, departments and companies to ensure the quality and safety ofpassenger and cargo transportation services, with more attention to be paid toTan Son Nhat and Noi Bai International Airports.
Transport departments and contractors need to ensurethe safety of infrastructure projects, the PM said, urging the smoothoperation of the non-stop toll collection system.
The upgrade and maintenance of major traffic routesmust be completed one week ahead of Tet, and plans devised to regulatetraffic on major routes to the centres of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, as wellas railway stations, airports, wharves, and festival sites.
The Ministry of Information and Communications wasrequested to instruct press agencies to increase information about trafficorder and safety during Tet and spring festivals.
The leader also asked the health sector to mobilisehuman resources, equipment, and drugs in case of traffic accidents.
Ministries, agencies, and localities will presentreports on traffic order and safety during the seven-day holiday, startingFebruary 8, to the National Traffic Safety Committee that will submit them tothe PM./.
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Heavy traffic is forecast during Tet holiday. (Photo: VNA) 
