Surveillance cameras to monitor traffic violations will be installed on a trial basis in Hanoi and HCM City by 2020 and nationwide by 2022, according to the Government.
A surveillance camera on a street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Surveillancecameras to monitor traffic violations will be installed on a trial basis in Hanoiand HCM City by 2020 and nationwide by 2022, according to the Government.
This is one of the targets outlined in a resolution recently issued by theGovernment in an effort to reduce traffic jams lasting more than 30 minutes andtraffic accidents by 5 to 10 percent.
The Government asked the Ministry of Public Security to set up plans to installthe cameras and establish traffic control centres to connect and share datafrom cameras.
The moves aims at setting up a national database on traffic accidents andviolations by 2020 and share the information with the ministries of health,justice and State-level people’s committees.
Advanced technology must be applied to monitor traffic violations and ensurepublic security, the Government said.
The Government also urged the acceleration of transport projects and to soonput the Cat Linh-Ha Dong elevated railway into operation.
The Ministry of Transport has been assigned to work with Ministry of PublicSecurity to crack down on hotspots of traffic accidents on highways and removeillegal railway crossings.
In 2019-20, sectors and localities must prioritise tackling drunk driving andtighten management of driving tests.
Some big cities in Vietnam have pioneered in installing traffic cameras.
Last year, HCM City authorities planned to hire100 more cameras to monitor traffic safety as part of the master plan todevelop the city into a smart city by 2020.
Surveillance cameras and speed monitoringdevices have been installed on several expressways in Vietnam to spottraffic violations.
The images and data recorded are sent to aninformation centre and then transmitted to traffic police who are on duty alongthe route.
The number of traffic violations has been reported to be declining in recentyears.
The number of fatalities caused by trafficaccidents fell from 11,349 in 2011 to 8,279 last year, according to thetransport ministry.-VNA
The HCM City Department of Transport has sought permission to rent 100 more cameras to monitor traffic safety, saying there are no cameras on a number of streets and intersections, which poses difficulties for authorities to tackle traffic problems.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has issued a plan on improving traffic safety for 2019, which details measures to raise public awareness and compliance with traffic rules, among others.
A smart traffic monitoring and operation centre, the first of its kind in Vietnam, was opened on February 18 by the Saigon River Tunnel Management Centre.
A total of 2,822 traffic accidents occurred across Vietnam in the last two months from December 16, 2018 to February 15, 2019, leaving 1,356 deaths and 2,169 injured.
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A surveillance camera on a street in Hanoi (Photo: VNA) 
