Gov’t leader requests traffic safety in localities
(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked localities to make a greater effort to ensure traffic safety following a series of serious accidents in some provinces recently.
In a dispatch dated October 26, Phuc, who is also the Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), requested an increase in the number of on-duty traffic police and mobile patrols, as well as better management of passenger vehicles.
He ordered provinces and cities to raise commuters’ awareness of traffic laws and dangers.
In a latest accident, a passenger coach en route from Haiphong city to Lao Cai province plunged down into a canyon, killing 7 passengers and injuring 25 others.