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 VND 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) in coordination with the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held 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 departed, for the living" 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 the burden of thousands of billions of VND to overcome the consequences of traffic accidents every year. The Great Prayer Ceremony is an opportunity to remind ourselves, our relatives, friends, and members of the community to do everything possible to develop traffic in a civilized and safe direction. 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 natural reasons for a finite human life in this world. In just a moment of impermanence, because of a moment of carelessness, it leads to death, loss, pain, and mourning. The number of traffic accidents and deaths is an urgent warning that everyone in society needs to be responsible for finding solutions, making efforts to propagate and promote more strongly into a high tide of respect for the law, strictly obeying traffic laws, in order to minimize traffic accidents in the future.

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

According to nld.com.vn