Traffic police help ensure traffic safety, social order for Tet
Traffic police nationwide stepped up cracking down on traffic rule and law offences from January 16 to February 15 and ensured traffic safety and social order during the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).
Lines of cars on Phap Van Expressway on February 20, the fifth day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Traffic police nationwide steppedup cracking down on traffic rule and law offences from January 16 to February15 and ensured traffic safety and social order during the seven-day Lunar NewYear holiday (Tet).
According to the Traffic Police Department underthe Ministry of Public Security, the numbers of traffic accidents, deaths andinjured people declined compared to the same month-long crackdown for 2017 Tet.
Notably, traffic congestion before, during andafter Tet was improved, the department noted, adding that police handled morethan 327,100 traffic rule violation cases in the month.
They also uncovered 586 cases of criminal,economic and environmental law offences, detaining 343 suspects and seizing 57heroin bricks, 20kg of marijuana, over 5kg of drugs of different kinds, over77,600 smuggled cigarette packets, over 3 tonnes of firecrackers, and manyother types of smuggled goods worth over 6 billion VND (263,400 USD).
Particularly, along the National Highway 1Asection from northern Lang Son to southern Dong Nai provinces, traffic policedealt with more than 30,200 traffic rule offences and discovered 142 criminallaw violation cases.
During the month, traffic police also activelymade working plans with regard to local situations, carried out communicationactivities, gave advice to local authorities, increased patrols, and mobilisedcivil forces’ engagement in crime prevention, helping to ensure traffic safetyand social order for Tet, the Traffic Police Department added.-VNA
As many as 20,080 traffic accidents were reported in 2017, killing 8,279 people and injuring 17,040 others, according to the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
A 17-day workshop that ended on January 6 taught safe driving skills and encouraged university students to promote traffic safety among their peers and in the community.
The Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee has deployed various measures to ensure traffic safety and order in the city before and during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The National Traffic Safety Committee has announced 20 hotlines to receive complaints about traffic problems during the 2018 New Year holiday and the following spring festivals.
No traffic accidents involving coaches and ships were recorded during the traditional Lunar New Year festival from February 14-20, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.
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Lines of cars on Phap Van Expressway on February 20, the fifth day of the first lunar month (Photo: VNA) 
