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Tilting power poles a threat to road safety

Tilting power poles a threat to road safety

While the two-year-old project to bury some of Ha Noi's mess of overhead wires underground has already benefited a few residents, the failure to tidy up the chaos throughout the rest of the city has not gone unnoticed.

Vietnam needs 34 bln USD to keep traffic flowing

Vietnam would need up to 713 trillion VND (34.6 billion USD) to restore and develop road safety corridors from 2011-20, according to estimates from the Directorate for Roads.

VN needs $34b to keep traffic flowing

VN needs $34b to keep traffic flowing

Viet Nam would need up to VND713 trillion (US$34.6 billion) to restore and develop road safety corridors from 2011-20, according to estimates from the Directorate for Roads.

Series of events to kick off road safety decade

Viet Nam will hold a series of events on May 11 to mark the launch of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2010-20.

Police crackdown on road safety violations

Ha Noi Police reported yesterday that they had fined nearly 34,000 motor bike drivers for failing to wear a helmet during a 14-day crackdown that started on February 11.

Road safety group calls for zero tolerance for drunk driving

Road safety group calls for zero tolerance for drunk driving

Alcohol impairment is a major risk factor in Vietnam that cannot be tolerated, said the Global Road Safety Partnership, an organization working towards improving road safety.

Viet Nam begins new road-safety campaign

Viet Nam has launched a new campaign to strengthen road traffic safety, particularly drink-driving prevention, according to a press release from the World Health Organisation on Tuesday.

From Politics
NA talks about changes to work law

NA talks about changes to work law

Employees harvest whitened-leg shrimps in the Hung Bien Ocean Items Co Ltd within the central province of Quang Binh. The draft amended Work Code, that was talked about through the NA yesterday, is anticipated to make sure workers' proper privileges including salaries, overtime and maternity leave. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung HN — The Nation's Set up talked about a variety of concerns associated with work issues throughout a session which was

PM greets mind of Lao inspectorate

HN — Pm Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday confirmed that Viet Nam always supported co-operation between its relevant agencies and also the Inspection Commission from the Lao Individuals Revolutionary Party Central Committee and also the Government Inspectorate of Laos. Dung made the statement while finding the commission mind, Inspector-General Bounthong Chitmany.Dung stated co-operation would concentrate on training human assets within the sector in addition to swapping encounters within the combat and protection