Ensuring traffic order and safety in Nghe An province during the April 30 - May 1 holiday

Accordingly, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requests:

Provincial Police:

- Direct the police of units and localities to strengthen patrols, control and strictly handle violations of traffic order and safety (TTATGT) on roads, railways and waterways. In particular, focus on handling acts that are the main causes of traffic accidents and traffic jams.

Proactively prevent, stop, promptly suppress and strictly handle acts of gathering to disturb public order, illegal racing and subjects with acts of resisting law enforcement officers.

At the same time, develop plans to regulate and divide traffic flows to ensure smooth flow, especially at key routes, locations, and areas with high risk of traffic accidents and traffic congestion.

Department of Construction:

- Direct road and inland waterway transport business units to develop appropriate passenger transport organization plans, ensure traffic safety, reduce traffic congestion to meet people's travel needs during the holidays.

Require transport businesses and major traffic hubs (bus stations, train stations, airports, etc.) to carry out environmental sanitation and hygiene, comply with legal regulations on traffic order and safety; improve service quality, and publicly post ticket prices according to routes, times, and types of services.

Inspect the implementation of regulations on traffic safety for transportation business activities, strictly handle violations according to authority and regulations.

- Direct construction units on exploited roads to implement measures to ensure safety, traffic flow, and guide vehicles to move smoothly and safely, to avoid traffic jams or accidents on roads that are both under construction and in operation.

Strengthen the implementation of management and regular maintenance of road traffic infrastructure systems and traffic safety systems on assigned routes. Promptly handle newly emerging road traffic accident spots; review and supplement the signaling system and signs to ensure easy recognition, creating convenience for traffic participants. Timely detect and handle existing problems and shortcomings.

- Coordinate with Road Management Area II and relevant local units to inspect and review traffic infrastructure (especially road signaling systems), traffic organization plans at intersections with the North-South Expressway, Nghi Son - Dien Chau and Dien Chau - Bai Vot sections to ensure traffic safety during the holidays.

Health service:Directing medical centers and medical examination and treatment facilities to increase their staff, vehicles, medical equipment and medicines to ensure the highest capacity in rescuing traffic accident victims and minimizing human losses in case of traffic accidents. Directing, guiding, inspecting and examining the management and use of ambulances under their management authority.

Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism: Directing subordinate agencies, requesting relevant organizations and individuals to include traffic safety assurance in the organization of tourism activities throughout the province. Especially ensuring safety conditions for vehicles, traffic infrastructure connecting to tourist attractions, parking and vehicle storage for tourists.

Department of Education and Training:Direct educational institutions in the province to effectively implement Directive No. 31/CT-TTg dated December 21, 2023 of the Prime Minister and Plan No. 53/KH-UBND dated January 19, 2014 of the Provincial People's Committee on strengthening the work of ensuring traffic order and safety for school-age children in the new situation; require parents to take measures to educate and strictly manage their children during the summer vacation, absolutely do not hand over vehicles or let unqualified people drive motorbikes and scooters to participate in traffic.

Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, provincial mass organizations, press and radio agencies:Strengthen propaganda and dissemination of traffic safety laws and safe traffic participation skills to raise people's awareness, do not drive over the speed limit; do not drive after drinking alcohol or beer; do not use the phone while driving; stop and observe safety when crossing railway crossings and when going from branch roads to main roads; wear standard helmets when riding motorbikes, scooters, electric bicycles; wear life jackets according to regulations when taking boats; measures to limit accidents with motorbikes, scooters, boats, and railway crossings, etc.

Opposite towithlocalities, The Provincial People's Committee proposes:

- The Chairman of the People's Committee of localities directs agencies, units and functional forces to strengthen propaganda and mobilize people to comply with legal regulations on traffic order and safety.

There are solutions to strictly control traffic organization plans for safety and smoothness, closely linked with guidance and support for people in traveling.

Make every effort to prevent particularly serious traffic accidents, especially on routes and areas with high risk of traffic accidents and traffic congestion in the area; Take full responsibility before the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee for ensuring traffic order and safety in the area.

- Localities that organize tourism activities, have dangerous winding mountain passes, and often have accidents, need to organize propaganda, guidance, and require drivers to comply with traffic rules and accident prevention instructions on winding mountain passes at night; have traffic diversion plans appropriate to actual traffic volume. Do not let serious traffic accidents occur in the management area.

- Localities with operating ferry terminals must arrange for regular on-duty forces to check and prevent the situation of carrying more people than the prescribed number at key ferry terminals; supplement life-saving equipment, and monitor the use of life-saving equipment when traveling by ferry. Resolutely suspend the operation of illegal inland waterway terminals and vehicles that do not ensure safety conditions.

- Localities with railways passing through must implement measures to prevent railway traffic accidents, especially at self-opened crossings with high traffic density. They must arrange guards and traffic guides to prevent railway traffic accidents from occurring in the area.

People's Committeeprovince alsoproposed Road Management Area II

Direct traffic management units to strengthen inspection, review, and improvement of the traffic safety system and ensure the safety of traffic infrastructure on national highways under their management, especially on main traffic axes such as National Highway 1, National Highway 7, National Highway 46, National Highway 46C, Ho Chi Minh Road and routes to tourist areas in the area; promptly handle newly arising traffic unsafe locations; review and supplement the signaling system and signs to ensure easy recognition, creating convenience for traffic participants.

- Direct construction units on sections and routes that are both under construction and in operation to implement measures to ensure traffic order and safety, guide vehicles to move safely to avoid traffic jams and accidents, arrange adequate traffic lights and signs, and smooth connections in areas that have not been completed to ensure smooth and safe traffic.

Check to ensure traffic safety at intersections with highways to ensure no traffic jams or traffic accidents occur at intersections with highways.