Prime Minister Le Minh Hung issued a directive on 19/8 for a high-peak traffic safety month aimed at students returning to school. He assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to instruct schools to enhance traffic knowledge and skills, and to guide students on complying with regulations when using electric motorbikes and electric bicycles.

Schools must also coordinate with parents to ensure they commit not to provide vehicles to children who do not meet the conditions for operating them. Additionally, schools are responsible for maintaining traffic order and safety around school gates.

The Ministry of Public Security is tasked with intensifying legal awareness campaigns and providing traffic skill guidance, particularly motorcycle driving skills, for eligible students. Law enforcement will increase inspections and penalize students who violate regulations, as well as individuals who provide vehicles to unqualified drivers.

In cases of traffic violations by students, schools will be informed to coordinate with families for education, reminders, and appropriate action.

Students of Ngoc Lap Secondary School, Phu Tho, ride electric bicycles. *Photo: Ngoc Lap Secondary School*.

Police will also conduct comprehensive inspections of passenger and cargo transport vehicles, focusing on commercial automobiles. Vehicles transporting passengers for a fee without business registration, operating illicitly, or violating regulations will be detected, prevented, and severely penalized. Organizations and individuals whose lax management leads to violations will be held accountable.

The prime minister also called for preventing and strictly punishing acts of public disturbance, illegal racing, and decisively addressing drivers who resist public officials.

The Ministry of Construction, in coordination with the education sector, will review schools using contract automobiles for student pickup and drop-off services. This includes requiring transport units to adhere to business and automobile transport regulations.

Unreasonable traffic points prone to accidents must be rectified promptly. During the National Day holiday, road space will be prioritized for public travel. Renovation and upgrade projects that narrow roads or obstruct traffic on key routes must halt construction temporarily.

Local authorities are responsible for encouraging families to remind teenagers, especially students, not to drive motorbikes or scooters if they are underage, unlicensed, or lack traffic skills.

Local law enforcement will coordinate with schools and families to manage and educate students. They will also strictly control shuttle services and severely penalize violating transport units.

Vu Tuan