A policeman controls the traffic flow on a street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a message toministries and localities ordering them to ensure road safety during the comingholiday.
Vietnam will have a three-day holiday from August 31 - September 2 to celebrateNational Day (September 2) and the new school year on September 5.
The message was sent to the ministries of public securities, transport,information and communications, the National Committee for Traffic Safety andprovincial and municipal people’s committees.
In the message, PM Phuc said efforts are needed to improve the capacity of publictransport services to meet increasing demand for travel during the holidays.
The ministries should closely manage coaches, terminals, stations and airportsto reduce traffic jams, delays and illegal price hikes, the PM said.
Phuc asked the ministries and agencies to provide information on traffic safetyand accident prevention to media outlets, and encourage citizens to use publictransport.
The National Committee for Traffic Safety and administrations nationwide weretold to instruct transport companies and drivers to obey traffic safetyregulations.
During 'The action month for traffic safety for students to go to school –September', schools must teach students about traffic-safety regulations, hesaid.
Increased inspections should be used to strictly punish traffic regulationviolators, especially those who cause traffic accidents.
Traffic infrastructure will be checked, including signals, warning signs andwarning equipment in places that have a high risk of traffic accidents.Tollbooths will assign more workers to collect fees to reduce traffic jams.
Drivers must ensure passenger safety by driving more carefully on steep roadsand through level crossings and water during storms and torrential rain, headded.
Local departments of transport were also asked to remind people of theimportance of wearing helmets and obeying regulations to minimise accidents.
Chairpersons of municipal and provincial-level people’s committees would haveto take full responsibility in the event of railway accidents, he added. Theymust have measures to ensure traffic safety for students while going to school,especially those living in remote mountainous provinces during rainy season.
Hotlines to receive traffic complaints should be widely publicised, he said.
Reports on these efforts will be sent to the National Committee for TrafficSafety before 4pm on September 2 to submit to the Prime Minister. - VNA
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A policeman controls the traffic flow on a street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
