Severe penalties needed to check speeding on HCM City roads: officials

The HCM City Traffic Safety Committee and traffic police have called for making penalties for speeding more severe at a meeting held to review a two-month traffic campaign that had run until March 31.

HCM City ensures traffic safety for Tết

The HCM City Traffic Safety Committee has deployed various measures to ensure traffic safety and order in the city before and during Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

HCM City kicks off 2018 traffic safety campaign

The HCM City Traffic Safety Committee on January 3 kicked off the 2018 Traffic Safety Year Campaign with an aim to reduce the number of traffic incidents, deaths and injuries by 5 per cent compared to last year’s figures.

HCM City committee to unclog congested road

An inter-departmental team of officials will study the 10 areas with the worst traffic congestion in HCM City and recommend measures to ease the problem by year-end.

HCMC to ban light trucks in daytime

The chairman of HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Thành Phong instructed the municipal Transport Department and relevant authorities to study and prepare for banning all light truck working in daylight at traffic congestions.

HCM City has 24 gridlock-prone points HCM City has 24 spots highly prone to traffic jams, the HCM City Traffic Safety Committee said on Tuesday.

HCM City traffic worsens despite continued efforts Despite constant efforts by city authorities, traffic congestion in HCM City has become worse due to inappropriate planning, drivers' lack of safety awareness and overloaded roads.

City aims for ‘culture' of using motorbike helmets The HCM City Traffic Safety Committee has asked the traffic police to use both the carrot and the stick to ensure people strap helmets on their children on motorbikes.

City scores initial successes in improving traffic safety HCM City has seen a decrease in traffic accidents and traffic jams in the first five months of the year.

Reckless pedestrians cause traffic accidents A 37-year-old man was hit and killed by a truck while climbing a concrete median strip to cross Highway 1A in HCM City's Binh Tan District last Thursday night.