Ho Chi Minh City determined to keep traffic safe

(NLDO) - Ho Chi Minh City launched the Traffic Safety Year 2025 with the theme "Safe journey, creating the future".

On the morning of January 10, the Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Safety Committee held a launching ceremony for the 2025 Traffic Safety Year with the theme "Safe journey, building the future".

Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong speaks at the launching ceremony

Speaking at the launching ceremony, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong emphasized that implementing the direction of the Prime Minister and the National Traffic Safety Committee on the task of ensuring traffic order and safety in 2025 as well as the peak of ensuring traffic safety during the Lunar New Year and the Spring Festival 2025 is very important.

In 2024, Ho Chi Minh City achieved many important results thanks to focusing on implementing Directive 23 of the Secretariat, Directive 10 of the Prime Minister and Resolution 48 of the Government. The city also promoted the implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcohol and Beer, and many synchronous solutions to raise people's awareness of traffic law compliance.

A series of key traffic projects such as Metro Line 1, Tran Quoc Hoan underpass, Nguyen Van Linh underpass, and Phuoc Long bridge have been completed and put into operation, contributing to reducing traffic congestion and accidents. In 2024, traffic accidents in the city will decrease significantly in all three criteria of number of cases, number of deaths, and number of injuries, with a reduction rate of over 15% compared to 2023.

Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Bui Xuan Cuong highly appreciated the efforts of departments, branches, mass organizations, local authorities and people of the city in ensuring traffic order and safety. He also emphasized that 2025 is a key period to implement the socio-economic development goals for the period 2021-2025. The city will focus on developing transport infrastructure, reducing congestion and accidents, developing inter-regional transport, exploiting waterway transport, and expanding urban railways.

The launching ceremony of the Traffic Safety Year 2025 with the theme "Safe Journey, Building the Future" aims to improve the effectiveness of state management, awareness of law compliance of traffic participants, especially the role of students, university students, and youth union members in building a traffic culture. The city is determined to reduce traffic accidents, prolonged congestion and negative phenomena such as "illegal buses" and "illegal bus stations", while ensuring that city residents, domestic and foreign tourists enjoy spring, celebrate the Lunar New Year 2025 and Spring Festival activities with the spirit of "Tet comes to everyone, every home".

Lieutenant Colonel Tran Trung Hieu, Head of the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, representing the law enforcement force, affirmed that the drastic direction of leaders at all levels has brought about positive changes in controlling accidents and ensuring traffic order.

However, he also noted that the traffic situation during the Lunar New Year and festivals in early 2025 could become complicated, with a sudden increase in the number of people and vehicles, requiring greater efforts in controlling traffic safety and order.

HCM City Traffic Police launched a campaign to implement the year of traffic safety:

Ho Chi Minh City promotes the implementation of the Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcohol and Beer, and many synchronous solutions to raise people's awareness of obeying traffic laws.

The city will focus on developing transport infrastructure, reducing congestion and accidents, developing inter-regional transport, exploiting waterway transport, and expanding urban railways.

The launching ceremony of Traffic Safety Year 2025 with the theme "Safe journey, creating the future" aims to improve the effectiveness of state management and awareness of law compliance of traffic participants.

Traffic police force deployed this morning

In 2024, traffic accidents in the city will decrease sharply in all three criteria: Number of cases, number of deaths and number of injuries, with a reduction rate of over 15% compared to 2023.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tet-at-ty-2025-tp-hcm-ha-quyet-tam-giu-giao-thong-an-toan-196250110092933478.htm