Ensure safety for candidates

(Baonghean) -To ensure food safety and hygiene for the National High School Exam, the health sector and localities have established many inspection teams and reminded processing and trading establishments; the provincial police and relevant agencies have also developed plans and arranged forces to ensure traffic safety and prevent traffic jams and unfortunate accidents...

Strengthening food safety monitoring

The Food Safety Department inspection team inspected restaurants and fast food processing facilities.

In the 2016 National High School Exam, the exam cluster chaired by Vinh University had about 2,000 candidates, taking the exam in Vinh city. Meanwhile, the number of street food stalls without food safety certificates was quite large. Mr. Ho Van Nam - Head of Vinh City Health Department said: "Determining that ensuring food safety during the National High School Exam days is an important task, the Department has requested the Health Center to closely monitor eateries near the exam location"...

Compared to Vinh city, the number of candidates participating in the National High School Exam in 20 districts and towns is less, but that does not mean that food safety work can be taken lightly. In Nam Dan district, before the National High School Exam, the district conducted a comprehensive inspection of all food production, processing and trading establishments. Ms. Pham Thi Hai - Head of the Nam Dan District Health Department said: "The district's inspection team inspected 141 establishments, issued certificates of food safety eligibility to 51 establishments, and imposed administrative fines of 19.8 million VND. At the commune level, 442 food and beverage establishments were inspected. To ensure food safety for the National High School Exam, the Nam Dan District People's Committee has assigned responsibility to specialized units to carry out propaganda work; Arranged enough medical staff on duty at exam sites, commune health stations and district hospitals to be ready to support in case of health incidents...".

To ensure nutritious meals and limit food poisoning, in addition to the responsibility of the authorities, parents, especially candidates, need to pay attention to food safety and hygiene, ensure health, and achieve the highest results in the exam.

Focus on maintaining traffic safety order

Ha Huy Tap Ward (Vinh City) is one of the localities with many examination sites in Vinh Examination Cluster with 3 locations at the University of Economics, Nguyen Truong To High School for Foreign Languages ​​and Ha Huy Tap Secondary School. It is expected that a large number of candidates and their families will flock to the examination sites during the examination days. The ward has implemented a preparation plan and measures to ensure traffic safety and order on the roads, especially in the examination sites. Ms. Dang Thi Hoa - Chairwoman of the Ward People's Committee said: The main roads around the examination sites including Ly Tu Trong and Hai Thuong Lan Ong are quite small and narrow, so specific plans must be developed to ensure traffic safety during the examination days. Accordingly, the ward will mobilize the ward police, civil defense, militia and volunteer youth teams to participate in traffic flow and control to avoid congestion at the examination sites and prevent accidents.

Provincial Traffic Police mobilized to ensure traffic safety. Photo: Tran Hai

Together with the authorities of wards and communes in the city, Vinh City Youth Union has also established 24 volunteer teams with the main task of ensuring traffic safety at the examination sites. Mr. Nguyen Ba Thang - Deputy Secretary of Vinh City Youth Union, Head of the Steering Committee for Supporting the 2016 Examination Season said: "This year, the volunteer teams will not be on duty at intersections but will coordinate with the ward and commune police to ensure traffic safety right in the area before the examination sites. The specific tasks are to regulate rush hour traffic, free parking, free parking and soft median strips at examination sites with a large number of candidates such as Huynh Thuc Khang High School, Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted...".

To ensure traffic safety on the province's national highways during the National High School Exam, the Provincial Traffic Police Department has developed a plan to arrange forces to ensure absolute safety for parents and candidates taking the exam. In addition, it is necessary to ensure safety in the transportation of exam papers and documents without any negligence. Colonel Cao Minh Phuong - Head of the Provincial Traffic Police Department stated: "Before the exam, the traffic volume will certainly increase dramatically, especially motorbikes. The Provincial Traffic Police will arrange sufficient forces to ensure safety, regulate traffic to avoid congestion, and pay special attention to reminding about violations that cause traffic safety loss...".

Thanh Son