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Vietnam aims to cut road accidents, death tolls by 5-10 percent

Vietnam aims to cut the number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent every year and lower the number of severe crashes related to coaches and motorbikes between 2016 and 2020.
Vietnam aims to cut road accidents, death tolls by 5-10 percent ảnh 1Vietnam aims to cut the number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent annually between 2016 and 2020. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam aims to cutthe number of traffic accidents and deaths by 5-10 percent every year and lowerthe number of severe crashes related to coaches and motorbikes between 2016 and2020.

The objectives are parts of a recentlyapproved national target programme on road safety, fire prevention and controland countering crime and drug trafficking for 2016 – 2020.

The programme focuses on handling trafficsafety violations on several key roads and ensuring order at selected trainstations to reduce accidents, particularly at railway crossroads.

It also aims to improve traffic flow in bigcities like Hanoi and HCM City and prevent traffic jams from lasting more than30 minutes.

In addition, the programme will developwireless and wireline information networks for the Ministry of Public Securityand connect the Traffic Police Bureau with local traffic police departments andstations as well as on-duty traffic police on highways.

It will also invest in advanced firefightingequipment and build information centres for firefighting and rescue operationsin 16 cities and provinces.

Furthermore, it hopes to bring therecidivism rate of released offenders to below 20 percent, provide 75 percentof capable prisoners with vocational training in jail and offer job seekingadvice and assistance to all released offenders.

The programme targets razing all illegalcannabis farms and ending all drug “hot spots” and illegal drug production inthe country by 2020.-VNA
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