The campaign to inspect and handle outdated motor vehicles in the city will take place from March 1 to June 14 this year.

Lieutenant Colonel Doan Ngoc Minh Tuan, Deputy Head of the Da Nang Traffic Police Department, said the deployment of traffic cameras has eased work pressure on police officers.

Traffic police nationwide will have the right to stop any driver to check their vehicle registration certificate, driving license, vehicle insurance, certificate of technical safety and environmental protection and other vehicle documents.

Thirty-one traffic accidents occurred, killing 23 and injuring 15 others on January 23 (the 29th day of the 12th lunar month), the first day of the week-long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Citizens can now film and record traffic police officers, as long as they are not interfering with police duties, according to a new circular that took effect on Wednesday.

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has asked traffic police units across the country to strengthen inspections of automobiles using fake number plates.

The deputy director of a real estate firm in HCM City refused to get out of his car when ordered by traffic police, saying that the vehicle cost VND5 billion (US$215,700), much more than the VND8 million monthly salary of a police officer.

Traffic police have dealt with thousands of violations in HCM City three days after launching a national traffic inspection.

Traffic police have kick-started a nationwide campaign to inspect coaches, passenger cars, container trucks and motorbikes in an effort to prevent serious accidents.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ha Noi traffic police have proposed a plan to the Ministry of Public Security to strictly handle cases of traffic law violations.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Police in HCM City has proposed to the Ministry of Public Security a plan to revive the special anti-burglary force to deal with robberies in the city.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Public Security has proposed to let local police use weapons given the number of people attempting to resist arrest or confrontations, especially with traffic police.

 More than 400 households in Nhan Co commune in the Dak R'Lap District of Dak Nong Province are complaining that their main road has been incorporated into the Nhan Co industrial complex.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The traffic police in District 7 of HCM City were recently equipped with helmet cameras that, they said, would help them catch traffic violators with clear proof.

 Italy is willing to support Vietnam in training and improving professional skills for Vietnam’s traffic police force, an Italian official has said.

VietNamNet Bridge – Traffic police in several northern localities say they are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to enforce a new law that imposes administrative penalties on people failing to register their ownership of used vehicles.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A 16-seat car which was travelling at a very high speed on Highway 51 in Tan Thanh district in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province suddenly reduced speed when a device sounded "beep ... beep ...."

 VietNamNet Bridge – The State budget will save about VND1.5 trillion (US$71.4 million) a year if a draft decree on cutting back car purchases by Government agencies is approved.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Yesterday was the first day for traffic police to start fining motorcyclists wearing sub-standard helmets as part of a National Traffic Safety Committee campaign.