The Ministry of Transport has stepped up inspections of container trucks in an effort to reduce the increasing number of traffic accidents caused by such vehicles. (Source: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The Ministry of Transport has taken steps toprevent the increasing number of accidents involving cargo trucks and containertrucks.
Many container trucks have not complied withregulations on the transport of goods.
The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) will be responsible for enforcing regulationsconcerning transportation of goods on container trucks at ports, stations andcargo warehouses.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Transport has directed thecity’s Transport Association to improve traffic-safety training for truckdrivers and disseminate information about new inspections.
In addition, the city’s Police Department isexpected to strictly handle container trucks that have not complied with safetyrules, especially in cases in which the containers are not locked securely inthe trailer.
The Vietnam Register Authority under theMinistry of Transport has told container truck drivers to comply with the speedlimit and to ensure traffic safety.
Nguyen Ngoc Tuong, deputy chief of the HCM City TrafficSafety Committee, said that most of the accidents were caused by a lack ofsafety awareness among container truck drivers.
On August 25, in Di An commune in Binh Duong province, a 40-feet storage container that wasnot locked properly on a trailer fell out after the driver slammed on the braketo avoid a crash with a motorcyclist.
On August 5, on the Tram 2 overpass in district 9, a storage container fell out of a truckand collided with a car./.
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The Ministry of Transport has stepped up inspections of container trucks in an effort to reduce the increasing number of traffic accidents caused by such vehicles. (Source: VNA) 
