On December 13, the Hanoi Department of Public Security officially put the Hanoi Traffic Control Center into operation and began processing administrative traffic violations electronically.

The launch ceremony was attended by Nguyen Thanh Tung, member of the Hanoi Party Standing Committee and Director of the Hanoi Department of Public Security.

After its upgrade, the traffic control center now meets legal and technical infrastructure requirements to perform its assigned functions, achieve key objectives in ensuring traffic order and safety and support coordination in crime prevention and control.

The new center operates three systems: a road traffic violation management system, an adaptive real-time intelligent traffic signal control system and a public order and security management system.

The center serves as the command hub for 1,837 cameras connected directly to 188 AI-based traffic signal control cabinets.

The automated control system relies on comprehensive traffic flow data collected in real time through 957 cameras installed at 195 signalized intersections, out of 564 intersections transferred from the Hanoi Department of Construction in early October 2025.

The system integrates 132 PTZ cameras for security monitoring and 748 specialized AI cameras for traffic violation detection, featuring high resolution, advanced image analysis and storage across 20 servers with centralized storage for up to 75 days. It can detect up to 23 types of traffic violations.

According to the Police, the system's goal goes beyond automated ticketing.

It aims to reduce congestion, modernize infrastructure, enhance state management capacity and promote civilized urban behavior by automatically detecting common violations.

The system is expected to establish "green waves", warn of congestion points, detect monitored vehicles and adjust signal cycles in real time by shortening or extending phases based on traffic volume.

The system significantly reduces the need for direct traffic police deployment while improving accuracy and transparency in management.

Notably, the center has established six "green wave" corridors on Hue, Hang Bai, Tran Hung Dao, Tran Phu, Nguyen Thai Hoc and Quan Su streets. The intelligent signal control solution has proven highly effective on the Hue–Hang Bai route.

Compared with the previous system, the new system has reduced travel time by 31%, increased average speeds, reduced stops at intersections, shortened red-light queues and improved traffic flow into junctions.

In the next phase, the Hanoi Department of Public Security will coordinate with the Hanoi Public Administration Service Center to integrate the iHanoi digital citizen application into the traffic control center's infrastructure, enabling full electronic processing of traffic violations.

Full-cycle electronic enforcement marks a major step in building digital government, digital society and a digital police force.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Thanh Tung said the traffic control center and AI camera system will fundamentally change road users' awareness, improve urban order and civility and help address congestion at 195 intersections.

The Hanoi Department of Public Security have made strong progress in digital transformation to address one of the capital's major bottlenecks, traffic congestion, as identified in the 18th Hanoi Party Congress Resolution for the 2025–2030 term, contributing step by step to building a smart city.