Binh Duong Province bears the flow of 4 major rivers covering 252 kilometers of internal waterways from Dong Nai, Saigon, Thi Tinh, and Song Be rivers. The waterways are not interlinked, making up two major ports of Binh Duong and Ba Lua in the province.

Plenty of passengers do not use life jackets when on ferry For the past time, the waterway police force has made great efforts to ensure the safety to exploit the potentials and advantages of safe waterway traffic.Up to date, goods transportation on waterways is accounted for 20% of the transportation industry. The passenger transportion on waterways also saw great development, especially, on touring boats.Documents have been issued by plenty of sectors in a bid to ensure safety of waterway traffic; however, accidents remained a puzzle. By their own functions and duties, the sectors and authorities, even the public have made great efforts to launch and implement urgent and long-lasting measures for waterway traffic.It has become a common behavior of law breaching when registrations for the vehicles have not been observed while the operators even are not qualified for vehicle navigation. Overloading boats have become problematic and major sources of fatal accidents. The safety was left behind let alone aquacultural exploitation, waterway occupation, and pollution.Analysis showed that the accidents on waterways were mainly derived from awareness and responsibilities of traffic participants who, now, would be drawn to the movement of “traffic culture and safety on waterways”.The focal tasks of the movement would be promotion of law broadcasting in a bid to improve awareness of the individuals and community as far as waterway traffic safety is concerned.To secure the implementation of the movement, local traffic safety boards, on basis of local analysis, shall directed the measures to organizations and individuals participating in waterway traffic.Reported by Chi Nhan – Translated by Vi Bao