Launching the poster creation campaign on traffic safety

On the afternoon of June 9, 2015, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan chaired the launching ceremony of the 2015 Traffic Safety Propaganda Poster Creation Contest.

This is an initiative of the Ministry of Information and Communications to implement the "Traffic Safety Year 2015" Plan of the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan delivered the opening speech at the Launching Ceremony. Photo: BM

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy Minister Truong Minh Tuan shared: “Traffic safety is one of the top concerns of the country today. Propaganda work to influence the psychology and behavior of traffic participants is an extremely important solution to ensure traffic safety.

In recent years, the information and propaganda work on traffic safety has been promoted with a variety of contents, mobilizing the combined strength of the entire political system, all levels and sectors from the central to local levels, and the entire population. The propaganda work on traffic safety has contributed to controlling and reducing the number of traffic accidents in our country.

Implementing the project on traffic safety propaganda for the period 2013 - 2015 approved by the Prime Minister in Decision 2043 dated November 5, 2013, the Ministry of Information and Communications has proactively deployed many traffic safety propaganda activities. Localities have created many good ways of doing things, and popularized many good models, bringing traffic safety propaganda work into depth, regularly, continuously and long-term. Mass media and grassroots information systems have had many appropriate ways of propagating information safety, attracting many classes of people to participate.

Thanks to that, the Party's directives and resolutions on traffic safety have been conveyed and quickly put into practice, gradually permeating every citizen, family, neighborhood, hamlet, village, and hamlet.

Propaganda work has actively contributed to the achievements in ensuring traffic safety in recent times, contributing to the successful implementation of the country's political, economic, cultural and social tasks."

Deputy Minister Truong Minh Tuan also emphasized: “The contest for composing propaganda posters on traffic safety is a meaningful activity for artists, citizens... to express their thoughts through creative works, diversifying forms of propaganda on traffic safety.

The contest is organized to innovate the propaganda, dissemination and education of traffic safety laws to all classes of people to raise awareness of voluntarily complying with the law when participating in traffic, promote the building of traffic culture, enhance the effectiveness of State management in tightening the management of transport business and controlling vehicle load.

Appreciating the initiative of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Mr. Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, commented: “No matter how long the directive document is, it is often not as valuable as a picture. Because sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Hopefully, the contest will bring spiritual “food” about traffic safety that is not dry, so that when people see the work, they will be motivated to comply with traffic safety.”

Announcing the contest rules, Mr. Doan Cong Huynh, Director of the Department of Basic Information, Ministry of Information and Communications said: All Vietnamese citizens aged 18 and over (as of January 1, 2015) can submit an unlimited number of entries. Entries must be 54cm x 79cm in size, with no restrictions on materials, colors, or forms of expression.

The contest's theme focuses on key issues such as: Strictly complying with the law when participating in traffic; Traffic rules; Wearing helmets; Do not drink alcohol before participating in traffic; Tightening management of transport business and controlling vehicle load with the goal of "Human life is above all"; Criticizing the acts of drinking alcohol and resisting law enforcement officers...

The Organizing Committee will award 21 prizes including 1 First prize worth 25 million VND; 2 Second prizes, each worth 15 million VND; 3 Third prizes, each worth 10 million VND; 15 Consolation prizes, each worth 3 million VND.

In addition to the 21 winning works, the Organizing Committee will select a number of entries with high artistic quality and good propaganda content to display at the exhibition.

The Organizing Committee retains all entries and owns the copyright to the entries. The Ministry of Information and Communications has the right to print and reproduce the entries in publications and mass media and use them for dissemination and propaganda nationwide in accordance with the provisions of law.

The Organizing Committee begins accepting entries from July 9 to August 30, 2015. Place of submission: Department of Basic Information, Ministry of Information and Communications, 18 Nguyen Du, Hanoi.

The Organizing Committee hotline is04 3934 7140.

According to Infonet