The Municipal People’s Committee assigned the Department of Transport (as standing agency of the Municipal Traffic Safety Committee) to take prime responsibility and cooperate with the Municipal Police, district/township People’s Committees and relevant units to carry out direction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the announcement.

It is necessary to implement the tasks assigned by the Municipal People’s Committee at Plan No. 234/KH-UBND dated December 24, 2018 on ensuring traffic order and safety and reducing traffic congestion in Hanoi in 2019; Official Letter No. 3057/UBND-DT dated July 18, 2019 on measures to reduce traffic accidents in the last six months of 2019.

Furthermore, the Department of Transport will take drastic action to fulfill key missions in the third quarter and the last six months of the year; reduce the number of traffic accidents, deaths and injuries in 2019; urge functional forces to enhance inspection and strictly handle violation cases as stipulated by law; give periodic reports on implementation outcomes to the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Transport and the Municipal People’s Committee as regulated; report problems beyond authority to the Municipal People’s Committee for instruction  and settlement.

Departments, sectors and district/township People’s Committees, basing on the PM’s directions and the reality, will take measures to guarantee traffic order and safety, reduce traffic accidents while asking specialized forces to strengthen inspection, strictly handle violations in localities as regulated.