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Hanoi’s walk calls for actions against drunk driving

The National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launched a walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.
Hanoi’s walk calls for actions against drunk driving ảnh 1Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (centre) joins the walk (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The NationalCommittee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launcheda walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.

Speaking at the event, DeputyPrime Minister Truong Hoa Binh, who is also head of the committee, urged localpeople and international visitors not to drive after drinking.

Binh said the government will addstricter penalties to punish drivers whose alcohol concentration in blood orbreath exceed the permitted level.  

He requested competent agenciesto increase patrols to promptly detect violators and impose fines on them,saying that such move aims to protect the violating drivers themselves and thecommunity as a whole.

According to the Deputy PM, thedeath toll from traffic accidents in Vietnam decreased from nearly 12,000 in2012 to over 8,000 last year. It means traffic accidents, on average, stillclaim the lives of 21 people and injure 40 other each day.

Recently, drunk driving caused aseries of accidents, particularly the two taking place on April 22 and May 1that took the lives of three people.

Nguyen Quang Nhat, head of thetraffic law dissemination division under the Ministry of Public Security’sDepartment of Traffic Police, said more than 91,000 cases of alcoholconcentration violations were handled by functional forces last year.

In the first four months of 2019,nearly 50,000 cases of alcohol concentration violations were dealt with.-VNA
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