HCM City (VNA) – The NationalCommittee on Traffic Safety and the Bosch Vietnam company on September 20signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in traffic accidentand vehicle safety studies and in proposing measures to improve traffic safetyin Vietnam.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Khuat Viet Hung, VicePresident of the committee, said that the number of traffic accidents in Vietnamis decreasing significantly, but unstably.

To achieve a stable decline, it needs joint efforts anddetermination of State management offices and the mobilisation of resourcesfrom society.

Therefore, the MoU is expected to open up opportunities toapply technologies and initiatives intensifying traffic safety in Vietnam,while helping strengthen the two sides’ cooperation in putting forwardregulations and standards related to vehicle safety, Hung added.

Bosch Vietnam Director General Guru Mallikarjuna, statedthat Bosch has coordinated with many organisations and partners in studyingtraffic accidents in numerous countries with the aim to find out main reasonsfor these accidents so as to propose more safety measures.

In Vietnam, Bosch Vietnam has two research and developmentcentres in Ho Chi Minh City focusing on researching automobile and vehiclesafety technologies. Therefore, the company can collaborate with Vietnameselocalities in improving traffic safety in the country, he added.

In the first eight months of 2017, 12,755 traffic accidentsoccurred in Vietnam, killing 5,422 people and injuring 10,543 others. Comparedwith the same period last year, decreases were seen in the numbers of cases,fatalities and injuries.-VNA