Enhancing the role of the Veterans Association in maintaining traffic order and safety

Morning of June 12,Provincial Veterans Associationin cooperation with the BoardTraffic safetyThe province held a conference to review 5 years (2018 - 2023) of the coordination program to implement the campaign "Vietnamese veterans participate in maintaining traffic order and safety, building traffic culture" and deploy the coordination program for the period 2023 - 2028.

Delegates attending the closing conference. Photo: My Ha

Previously, implementing the coordination program on July 19, 2018, between the Central Committee of the Vietnam Veterans Association and the National Traffic Safety Committee on implementing the campaign "Vietnam Veterans participate in maintaining traffic order and safety and building traffic culture" in the period of 2018-2023, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Veterans Association and the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee signed the Coordination Program. Over the past 5 years (2018 - 2023), the Veterans Association at all levels has coordinated with the Traffic Safety Committee at the same level to implement and achieve many positive results.

Chairman of the Provincial Veterans Association Nguyen Sy Hoi spoke at the conference. Photo: My Ha

Specifically, the association at all levels has deployed propaganda work on traffic safety laws and traffic culture in many diverse and rich forms. Of which, nearly 2,000 propaganda sessions have been organized, with over 355,000 participants.

Over the past years, there have been over 1,032 campaigns with more than 20,915 War Veterans Association members participating with functional forces of wards, communes and towns to propagate and mobilize people to dismantle tents, signs, and boards of all kinds that encroach on roads and sidewalks on traffic routes, wharves, bus stations, and socio-economic centers. The Association at all levels has also propagated and mobilized War Veterans Association members and people to donate land, donate assets on land, and voluntarily dismantle fences and structures that obstruct visibility to build roads. Many cadres and members, especially the Branch Presidents, have taken the lead and done it first, gaining the trust and positive response of the people.

In 5 years, the entire Provincial Association had 111,228 members donating 707,313m.²land and over 36 billion VND worth of assets on land; participated in 721,000 working days building inter-village and inter-hamlet roads; hundreds of kilometers of rural roads were concreted; 1,616 traffic safety works were built and managed by veterans to ensure efficiency.

In particular, implementing the campaign "Veterans participate in maintaining traffic order and safety", the Veterans Association at all levels has built 6,892 models of all kinds. Of which, there are 3,935 "Security and Traffic Order and Safety Teams"; 2,029 "Bright, green, clean, beautiful, traffic safe" road sections; 925 "Safe school gates" and 03 models of "Self-managed traffic safety teams for level crossings and openings across railways".

The Provincial Veterans Association awarded Certificates of Merit to outstanding collectives and individuals. Photo: My Ha

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Sy Hoi - Chairman of the Provincial Veterans Association highly appreciated the significance of the coordination program. Thereby, it contributes to raising awareness and responsibility of all levels of the Association, of Veterans' officials and members in implementing resolutions and directives of the Party, laws of the State on traffic order and safety and building "Traffic Culture".

However, besides the achieved results, there are still some limitations and shortcomings when the coordination between the Veterans Association and the Traffic Safety Committee at the same level in some facilities is still slow, some places have not signed a coordination program; propaganda work is not regular, mainly focusing on peak periods and holidays.

In order to improve the effectiveness of coordination between the Veterans Association and the Traffic Safety Committees at all levels, in the period of 2023 - 2028, the coordination program will focus on 4 main contents, including: Strengthening propaganda and mobilization work, improving the capacity of Association officials and reporters and propagandists of the Veterans Association at all levels, mobilizing Veterans Association members and people to actively participate in building and protecting traffic infrastructure, building new rural areas, civilized urban areas, building and replicating advanced models and examples.

Thereby, to promote propaganda and mobilize veterans and their relatives and the community to properly implement legal regulations on traffic order and safety, build a culture of safe and disciplined traffic, contributing to reducing traffic accidents and preventing traffic congestion.

The Provincial Veterans Association and the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee signed a cooperation program for the period 2023 - 2028. Photo: My Ha

At the same time, promote the role of the Association's organizations, the exemplary sense of responsibility of cadres and members of the Veteran Association, especially the heads of the Association's organizations in implementing the resolutions and directives of the Party, policies and laws of the State on traffic order and safety in the province. Mobilize veterans to coordinate with the government, functional forces, departments, branches, and social organizations to participate in activities to ensure traffic order and safety in the province.

On this occasion, outstanding collectives and individuals in the period of 2018 - 2023 received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Veterans Association for their outstanding achievements in implementing the Program of coordinating activities on traffic safety.