Minister Thang: Traffic accidents claim 24 lives every day

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang said that every day traffic accidents claim the lives of 24 people, leave lifelong disabilities for 60 people and cause thousands of billions of dong in damage each year.

The solemn procession entered the grand ceremony.

On the morning of November 8, at Truc Lam Thien Truong Zen Monastery (Nam Dinh City, Nam Dinh Province), the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) coordinated with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha to hold a grand ceremony to pray for the victims of traffic accidents.

Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang, representative of the National Traffic Safety Committee; Venerable Thich Thanh Dung, Deputy Secretary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Council; Venerable Thich Thien Nhon, Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha Executive Council, along with thousands of monks, nuns, Buddhists, and families of victims who died in traffic accidents attended the mass.

A minute of silence for the deceased

This is the fourth time the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has coordinated with the National Traffic Safety Committee to organize a memorial service for victims of traffic accidents with the message "Remembering the deceased, for those who remain" in response to the "World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims" in Vietnam (November 15).

Speaking at the memorial service, Mr. Dinh La Thang, Minister of Transport, Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, said that every day in our country, 24 people die and 60 people are permanently injured due to traffic accidents, which means that every day, hundreds of families have to suffer loss and pain.

Minister Dinh La Thang: Traffic accidents take the lives of 24 people every day, leaving 60 people with lifelong disabilities.

“The consequences of traffic accidents are always long-lasting and unpredictable, causing serious damage to society. In addition, the victims' families and the national budget have to bear an additional burden of thousands of billions of dong to overcome the consequences of traffic accidents every year. The memorial service is an opportunity to remind ourselves, our relatives, friends, and community members to do everything possible to make traffic increasingly civilized and safe. Each person should live consciously and responsibly towards themselves, their families, and society,” Minister Dinh La Thang emphasized.

About 8,000 people, monks, nuns, and Buddhists attended the memorial service for traffic accident victims.

Venerable Thich Thanh Nhieu, Vice President of the Central Executive Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, said that life and death are the natural reasons for a finite human life in this world. In just a moment of impermanence, a moment of carelessness can lead to death, loss, pain, and grief. The number of traffic accidents and deaths is an urgent warning that all of us in society need to be responsible for finding solutions, making efforts to propagate and promote more strongly into a movement of respecting the law, strictly obeying traffic laws, in order to minimize traffic accidents in the coming time.

It is known that the memorial service for traffic accident victims will last for 3 days, from November 8 to 10./.

According to nld.com.vn