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IMPLEMENTING ROAD SAFETY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS IN VIETNAM

Dr.-Ing. Khuat Viet Hung

Executive Vice Chairman

National Traffic Safety Committee - NTSC, Vietnam

Presented at: EU-VIETNAM Dialogue on Road traffic safetyHanoi, 08 April 2021

National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) of Vietnam

1. Vietnam: Facts & Figures

2. Road safety in Vietnam

3. Road Safety Management

4. Road Safety Strategies and Action Plan

5. Discussions

Content

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Economy: Stable growth at high rate (6% p.a – 2000-2019)

and will continue in the future Successful in poverty alleviation (Percentage of

households with income of under national poverty line 2005/2013 = 22% / 7,8%)

GDP: 2.481 USD per capital (est. 2018) Demography and Society

Population: 96.2 millions (National Population and Housing Survey , 2019)

Relative young population (94,2% of population < 65 years old)

Fast and high risk of uncontrolled urbanization of illegal migration [Urban population 19% (1986) ->25% (2002) ->34.4% (2019)].

Gradually increasing of social gaps and conflicts; Road registered motorized vehicles (2019)

Automobile: 4.3 Million Motorcycles & Moped: 62 million

Issued driving licences: Car= 8.2 mil. CDLs; Motorcycles = 45.9 mil. MDLs.

Vietnam: Facts and Figures

An overview

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Motorization: approximately 4.6 million cars and 72 million motorcycles registered (Oct 2020).

Motorizing ownership: 27 car/1000 people, and 640 motorcycles/1000 people

Rapid growth (annual growth rate is 7% for motorcycles and 10% for cars; 400.000 cars and

more than 3 millions motorcycle sold in 2020).

Road density: 0.3 km/km2 and 1.12 km/1000 people

1. Vietnam: Facts and Figures

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Source: MPS & NTSC 2021

Period 2001-2010: 120,103 person (12,010 person/year), By road crashes: 116,058 person (11,606 person/year, 96,6%)

Period 2011-2020: 87,413 person (8,741 person/year)By road crashes: 85,014 person (8,501 person/year, 97,25%)

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2. Road Safety in Vietnam

Traffic Accident Fatalities: Official Reported Data

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Economic cost of road traffic injury in Viet Nam (2016)


Estimated cost of reported fatalities VND 28,575 Billion

Estimated cost of reported injuries VND 15,896 Billion

Estimated total cost of road trauma(conservative)

VND 44,471 Billion

USD 1.990 Billion


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International data: Global Road Safety Report by WHO (2015)

Vietnam official data: Official statistics by C67 (2016)

Vietnam estimated data (by WHO): model based estimates (used the official data of 2016), released in Dec 2018

Big difference in definition of traffic fatality: Death within 30 days since the day of

accident by WHO and Death at the accident site by Vietnam


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1986

1990

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2008

2011

2012

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Renovation policies

National level

Diplomatic relationship normalization (China,

US,)

ASEAN member

Free trade ASEAN (AFTA) member

WTO member

Large road infrastructure projects

starts, become low-middle income

country

Government Decrees (administrative penalties in rail and road) 49(1995); 78(1998); 172 (1999); 39 (2001); 15(2003); 92(2003); 152 (2005); 44(2006); 146 (2007), 156 (2007); 67 (2008);34 (2010); 71(2012); 171 (2013); 107 (2014); 46 (2016); 100(2019)

NTSC establishment; VCP Order 22/CT-TW ;

Insurance compulsory policy; Road Traffic Law (2008); Govt. Resolution 32: Helmet compulsory (12/2007)

PM Decision 57 on NTSC; Govt. Resolution 88; VCP order 18/CT-TW

National Strategy for Road Traffic Safety 2020 and vision 2030

National Plan on Drink-Driving prevention and control 2015-2020

(No.-Year)92 – 2001

110 – 2006

91 – 2009

93 – 2012

86 – 2014

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Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of Alcoholic Beverages; Govt. Resolution 12 (2019); Decree 100

CPTPP signing

3. Traffic Safety Management in Vietnam

Traffic Safety Management Milestones in Vietnam

1989 Road Traffic Safety Regulation (Inter-ministerial Decision 176- QĐ/LBGTVT-NV of Minister of Transport and Minister of Home Affairs)

Road Traffic law (2001)


National Traffic Safety Committee

1997 Forming• Chairman: Vice Minister of

Transport

• Vice chairman: Vice Minister of Home affairs (Now ministry of public security)

• Members: Vice Ministers of National Defense; Finance; Justice; Education and Training; Director General of People Police Department; Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam; Director General of Transport Department

2011 Strengthening• Chairman: Deputy Prime Minister• Standing Vice Chairman: Minister of

transport• Vice chairman: Deputy Minister of

Public Security• Executive Vice Chairman: Appointed

by Prime Minister• Members: Vice Ministers of of

Transport, National Defense, Public Health, Justice, Finance, Education and Training, Information and Communications, Vice Chairman of Office of the Government, Deputy Director General of Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vice Chairman of Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union,

2017 Strengthening• Chairman: Deputy Prime Minister• Standing Vice Chairman: Minister of

transport• Vice chairman: Deputy Minister of

Public Security• Executive Vice Chairman: Appointed by

Prime Minister• Standing Members: Vice Ministers of of

Transport, Health, Finance, Information and Communications, Vice Chairman of Office of the Government

• Members: National Defense, Justice, Construction, People Newspaper, Education and Training, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency, Vice Chairman of Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front, Secretary of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, Vietnam Women Union, Vietnam Veteran Union

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Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister /Chairman of NTSC

Transport Minister /Permanent Vice Chairman of NTSC

Vice Minister of Public Security/Chairman of NTSC

Executive Vice Chairman of NTSC

Chairman of Provincial People Committee /

Chairman of Provincial TSC

Chairman of Provincial People Committee /

Chairman of Provincial TSC

Member of NTSC/ Vice Minister Government Office, Transport, Public Health, Finance, Education & Training,

Information and Communication, Defense, Justice, Construction, Vietnam Television, Voice of Vietnam, Vietnam News Agency, Youth Union, Vietnam

Fatherland Front, Vietnam Labor Union, Vietnam Veteran Union, Vietnam

Women Union, Vietnam Farmer Union

Standing Office /Secretariat

(15 staff & Police Officers)

Permanent Authority for Traffic Safety of the

member ministries (Dept. of Traffic Police, Directorate

of Road of Vietnam…)


Five pillars in Road Safety in Vietnam

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Road safety management

Regulations: law, degree, circular, standard, guideline: Ministry of transport, Ministry of public security, Ministry of Health

Enforcement: Ministry of public security (Traffic Police)Ministry of transport (Transport inspector),Local Government

Road infrastructure

Road design and investment, maintain, traffic organization: Ministry of transport; Ministry of Construction

(Local Department of transport &Local government)

Road Vehicles

Vehicle registration: Ministry of public security (Traffic Police)

Vehicle technical standard and inspection: Ministry of transport (Vietnam Register)

Road users

Road safety education at schools: Ministry of Education and training; Other social political organizations

Drivers and licenses: Ministry of Transport (DRVN)

Public awareness: Ministry of Information and Communications; VOV, VTV, VNA..

Post crash responses

Crash site investigation, statistics: traffic police and local police

Injured treatment and hospital: Ministry of health

Government, head by Prime Minister

Advisor agency: NTSC, chair by Deputy Prime Minister





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Resolution of Government 88/NQ-CP in 2011


Road Traffic Safety

Control the drinking drivers;

Maintain and improve the wearing helmet;

Enforce the teenagers in motorcycle driving;

Educate traffic safety in the schools;

Improve the traffic safety emergency;

Improve the traffic safety culture propaganda;

Enhance the management of commercial transport business;

Improve traffic management, traffic control,

and safety of transport infrastructure;

Improve traffic inspection and enforcement;

Improve the management in driving training and test;

2. Railway Traffic Safety

Enhance the safety corridor along the

railways;

Remove

3. Inland Waterway Safety

Enhance the management of transport

for tourism;

Enhance the management of transport

across river, motivate passengers

wearing life jacket;

Improve the inland waterway

management to reduce the conflicts;

Improve the driving training and test


Resolution of Government 88/NQ-CP in 2011


4. Aviation Safety

Monitor the obey the airway safety

regulation at the airports ;

National airway safety would be issued

by 2012;

Improve the efficiency of operation;

5. Maritime Traffic Safety

Improve inspection and enforcement;

Improve the training for all relevant

human resources, register for ships;

Remove all illegal/temporary ports;

Investments in dredging, storm shelters

for ships.

…and strengthen the institutional

management efficiency:

Improve the institutional management

efficiency from the Central

Government to the Local;

Continue to enhance National TSC and

Local TSC;

Capacity Development for traffic

safety from Central to Local Agencies

Significances of implementation:

Reduced ~2,400 fatalities during 4

years, from 11,395 (2011) to 8,996

(2014);

Reduced ~9,000 injuries during 3

years, from 33,411 (2012) to 24,417

(2014);

1. Overall objectives: Sustainably develop solutions and policies of road safety

to meet current and future requirements; reduce traffic accidents and road

traffic jams in a sustainable way, strive to build a society with safe, civilized,

modern, friendly and sustainable traffic; develop road transport infrastructure

to meet the transport demands and to ensure traffic safety.

2. Specific objectives Annually, reduce 5 ÷ 10% the number of deaths as the result of road traffic accidents.

Reduce traffic congestion in Ha Noi capital, Ho Chi Minh City and some big cities. Improve the capacity, efficiency and responsibility of law enforcement. Develop self-consciousness of compliance to laws of the traffic participants, especially

the drivers of vehicle. (100% students and pupils must be taught laws on traffic safety. 85% of traffic participants are disseminated the knowledge, law on traffic safety.)

Upgrade, improve and enhance the safety condition of road transport infrastructure, special priority should be given to the highway with serious traffic accidents.

Eliminate black points of road traffic accidents; ensure traffic safety corridor for highways.

National highways are basically built and equipped with such traffic safety works as the rest stop along the road, overpass for pedestrians, emergency escape ramps, automatic warning, on-call barriers at the intersection of roads and railways, side-track etc...and especially, lanes for motorcycles and mopeds


National Road Safety Strategies 2020, vision 2030

2. Specific objectives

Develop a transport system that the disabilities, the elderly and children are accessible in grade-1 cities.

Reduce traffic congestion in big cities: invest in construction and development of mass rapid transit systems in Ha Noi capital and Ho Chi Minh City.

Construct modern traffic control center in grade-1 cities. Continue improving legal instruments of traffic safety, mechanism, apparatus of traffic

safety management from the national to local levels. Develop database of modern traffic safety to meet the demands of management and

research of traffic safety. Modernize traffic monitoring and enforcement systems to serve for patrol, control

and settlement of any violations; Improve the coordination policy between traffic police and other forces;

Improve the monitoring mechanism and sanctions for law enforcement forces on traffic safety; focus on implementing tasks of inspection and supervision of law enforcement force of traffic safety.

Upgrade the system of training, testing, issuing the driving license in compliance with the regional standard and international integration.

50% expressways, national highways are fully equipped with first-aid posts, rescue stations for road traffic; complete first-aid posts 115.


National Road Safety Strategies 2020, vision 2030

Make road safety is the focus of the whole political system

Regulations are strengthened (Law on Prevention and Control of Harmful Effects of

Alcoholic Beverages effectives, Degree 10, Degree 100…)

NTSC is strengthened at central and local level

PPP model in infrastructure, vehicle register, driver training, emergency service…

National Highway 1 and other national highway is upgraded to iRAP standard, Urban and

rural roads are improved vastly

ITS application in transportation system, black spot remedies, road safety auditing, road

signs (following Viena Conventional 1968) are improved

GPS tracking for commercial vehicles, driver training and license are better

Road safety public awareness campaigns are carried out effectively

Degree 100 for drunk driving get positive results

Enforcement through camera

Post crash responses on motorway


National Road Safety Strategies 2020 Achievement


More power for road safety management agencies.

ISO 39001 implementation is limited

Crash Statistics and crash investigation are limited

Data for road safety is not sufficient, not connected and not shared properly

Local road system need more investment

Safety feature of road infrastructure are low.

Road safety corridor are violated

Vehicle standards need to be higher level

Driver Licensing to be improved

High risk behaviours are common (speeding, drunk drive, using mobile phone, no seat

belt, not child restraint, no helmet, using drug…)

Enforcement mainly relies on direct forces on site.

Difficult to call emergency service, long time to wait for medical team to arrive crash site


National Road Safety Strategies 2020 Outstandings


15/12/ 2007 – changed overnight


Some results: Helmet regulation (1997)

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Before After

4/9/2021


Some results: Helmet Regulation

Present 90% adults and 80% children are wearing

helmets on traveling by motorcycle

(2014: only 25% children wear helmets)

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Some results: Vehicle Free Street - Hoan Kiem Lake!

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Law No. 44/2019/QH14 12/6/2019: Law

on Prevention and Control of Harmful

Effects of Alcoholic Beverages effectives

from 01/01/2020:

Article 5. Prohibited acts (13 activities)

1. Inciting, persuading and forcing

another to consume alcoholic beverages.

2. Consumption of alcoholic beverages

by persons under 18 years of age.

6. Operating vehicles under the

influence of alcohol.

8. Providing inaccurate and misleading

information about effects of alcoholic

beverages on health.


Some Results: Zero tolerance for all drivers


12.000 people campaigning for Drink-Don’t-Drive, 12 May 2019



Zero tolerance for all drivers: Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP dated 30/12/2019

BCA LEVEL

Car Motorbike Bicycle

Level 1 < 50 mg/100 ml of blood 260-350 USD 85-130 USD 3-4 USD

(< 0.25 g/1 l of breath) License revoked 10-12 m

85-130 USD No penalty No penalty

License revoked 1-3 m

Level 2 50 - 80 mg/100 ml of blood 700-800 USD 175-220 USD 9-13 USD

(0.25-0.4 g/1 l of breath) License revoked 14-18 m

260-350 USD 43-87 USD No penalty

License revoked 3-5 m

Level 3 < 80 mg/100 ml of blood 1300 - 1750 USD 260-350 USD 17-26 USD

(< 0.4 g/1 l of breath) License revoked 22-24 m License revoked 22-24 m

700-800 USD 130-174 USD No penalty

License revoked 4-6 m License revoked 3-5 m

Average GDP/capital: 2800 USD/capital/year

Gray data: old decree 46



Some results: Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP- Nationwide Enforcement

Strong nationwide enforcement



Some results: Decree 100/2019/NĐ-CP/One month January 2020

Total 199.523 cases /160 billions VND penalties Drink driving: 17.386 cases/ 53 billions penalties, 10.695 Driving licences

revoked Number of crashes, fatalities and injured per day sharply reduced

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National Road Safety Strategies 2030 : Focus issues



Focus issue: Integrated Traffic Safety Database


Information Information

Propose measuresto reduce traffic accidents

Provide utilities to road users

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POLICIESENTERPRISES & PEOPLE

- Owners- Drivers- Passengers

NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY[ NTSC OFFICE]

Big data Cloud

applicationMobile

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GIS/GPS

application

Coordinating, data sharing

integrated database among transport, police, finance and health sector

Revise, improve laws/regulations related to traffic safety and congestion mitigation.

Improve education, training on traffic safety awareness and culture for road users

and drivers;

Enhance the traffic safety management capacity (including capacity building).

Increase capacity, ensure quality and safety of transport infrastructure.

Accelerate the restructuring of transport modal share to reduce road-dependent

transport market.

Promote the application of high technologies in traffic safety (vehicle, infrastructure

and management).

Implement Push & Pull measures for reducing usage of individual motorized vehicles

and promoting public transport service.

Monitor and control urban land use development compatible to existing

infrastructure capacity.

Strengthening Emmergency Services of all District Hospital


Actions 2019- 2021 (Resolution 12/NQ-CP in 2019)



National Road Safety Strategies 2030.


National Road Safety Strategy: • Comprehensive System approach• Human can make mistake


National Road Safety Strategies 2030.


• Forgiving systems• Including five pillars in road safety

systems• Integrated solutions recommended

from Stockholm conference

Prime Minister's decision: approving the national strategy to ensure

road traffic order and safety for the period 2021-2030 and a vision to

2045

SOLUTION:


Decision 2060/QĐ-TTg Date issued: December 12,2020


1. Solutions for management, institutions and policies

2. Solutions for transport infrastructure

3. Solutions group for vehicles and transport

4. Driver solutions group

5. Solutions group of propaganda and education about traffic

safety

6. Solution group for inspection, examination, patrol, control and

violation handling

7. Group of solutions for traffic accident rescue and emergency

medical care

8. Solution group for human resource development

9. Funding solutions group

Thank you very much for your kind attention!

Contact:

Dr.-Ing. Khuat Viet Hung

Executive Vice Chairman


80B Tran Hung Dao Str., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam

Fax: +84 4 3822 3592; Tel: +84 4 3822 3593; +84 4 3942 7596

Email: [email protected]

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