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Vietnam road safety plan

Vietnam is setting a plan in progress to cut the country’s road crash rate. The aim is to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the country’s road network by 5-10%. Various measures are being introduced in a bid to reduce risks for road users, such as better enforcement of existing laws and better traffic flow management for major cities.
January 8, 2019 Read time: 1 min

Vietnam is setting a plan in progress to cut the country’s road crash rate. The aim is to reduce deaths and serious injuries on the country’s road network by 5-10%. Various measures are being introduced in a bid to reduce risks for road users, such as better enforcement of existing laws and better traffic flow management for major cities.

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