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Traffic cameras to be installed nationwide

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.
Traffic cameras to be installed nationwide ảnh 1A 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
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