Professor Historian Duong Trung Quoc - Former National Assembly Delegate shared “The urbanization in Vietnam is closely linked with road transport. Therefore, it is highly important to pay attention to people’s interests and concerns in the law-making process in order to avoid a public negative reaction. We should treat all the work equally, and have appropriate solutions. Communication and education are very important when advocating and enforcing laws”.

The member of the legislative agencies received in-depth information regarding the findings on the current status of road safety risk factors. In addition, scientific evidence was shared together with international experience from GRSP and GHAI, as well as detailed recommendations related to the behavioral risk factors to be included in the law amendments.

In addition to presentations of national top scientists and academia about the current legislations, advantages and constraints, as well as international experiences on the 5 risk factors, the workshop participants were delighted to welcome practical sharing from Dr. Roberto Araneta Valera, Deputy Director of the Law Enforcement Service of the Land Transportation Office, and Dr. Natasha Daphne Marcelo, Project Manager for Road Safety of ImagineLaw. They jointly shared the experience advocating for the use of child restraint systems to protect children in motor vehicles in the Philippines.

All recommendations were presented in full detail to the legislative agencies. Policy-makers from key agencies at the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Health, and other key relevant agencies benefitted from the in-depth technical report and recommendations from leading experts to amend the laws and ensure safer streets and roads for life in Vietnam.

Mr. Luu Van Duc - Standing Members of Council on Ethnic Minority concluded: “I highly appreciate the in-depth technical report, and at the same time fully agreed with recommendations in the report. I support that these recommendations are to be sent to the National Assembly. I also agreed with Professor Duong Trung Quoc that it is important to conduct communication campaigns and education programs that are appropriate to specific population groups. We are not just aiming at collecting penalty charges, but people’s attitude and compliance. I also encourage the application of advanced technology for legal enforcement activities”.