For a "safe, civilized" festival

For people to safely participate in the Thien Hau Lady temple festival, functional agencies in the province have made early preparations while arranging forces to carry out tasks with the motto for a "safe and civilized" festival.

Preventing traffic jams and crimes

Lieutenant Colonel Tu Hai Tho, Deputy Chief of Thu Dau Mot city’s Police Agency said that in recent days, the city's police leaders have directed the Criminal Police Team, Team Against Drug Economics to coordinate with other forces to increase public and secret patrols to prevent and combat thieves and pickpockets.

Thu Dau Mot city’s authorities coordinate with relevant units to regulate and guide people to move into the festive area

In the work of ensuring traffic safety, the city’s Traffic Police Team has coordinated with provincial Traffic Police force and professional teams to deploy 36 checkpoints with nearly 330 officers and soldiers. They are divided into 2 rounds. The outer round has 7 checkpoints with Traffic Police, Mobile Police and Order Police responsible for checkpoints on Binh Duong Avenue. The inner round includes 29 checkpoints located at gateways, on roads leading to the administrative center and Thien Hau lady temple to ensure security-order, classify and guide traffic.

Through discussion with reporters, Vuong Thanh Vu, Vice-Chairman of Phu Cuong ward’s People's Committee said that to ensure security-order and traffic safety in the ward and festive area, the ward’s People's Committee has directed the local police force to coordinate with the local militia force and quarter groups to increase patrols to grasp the situation and remind people to protect their property while strictly handling cases of intentionally encroaching on the sidewalk, selling goods with prices beyond the listed ones, soliciting customers...

Meanwhile, according to reporters, on the morning of February 21, Di An city’s Traffic Police Team in coordination with Binh An ward’s police force in Di An city ensured traffic safety and security in the area of Chau Thoi pagoda in Binh An ward. In the Spring of the Dragon 2024, Chau Thoi Pagoda, a national-level historical relic opened to welcome tourists from many places. To ensure security and order, leaders of Di An city’s Police Agency have directed units and Binh An ward’s police force to implement solutions to maintain security, fire safety, prevent thieves and solicitation.

Particularly, Di An city’s Police Agency have propagandized and reminded parking lot owners to strictly comply after signing a commitment on parking prices; be responsible for reminding vehicle owners to check and bring valuable assets with them. Parking lots must have fences, roofs, install protective, surveillance support equipment; regularly maintain inspection and ensure fire safety during the process of keeping vehicles storage and trading in goods; not to encroach on business or trade, causing traffic obstructions and urban disorder in this area. In addition, the local police force has required establishments to save and widely publicize the hotline phone number of the ward’s police so that when there is an incident related to security and order, they can immediately notify it for timely solutions as stipulated.

Also at this time, Di An city’s Traffic Police Team has inspected many vehicles transporting passengers to Chau Thoi pagoda to strictly control related documents, badges and number of passengers in comparison with the actual number of designed seats. Representative of Di An city’s Traffic Police Team said that this work will continue being regularly coordinated and maintained by the unit to ensure that there is no loss of order, urban beauty and traffic safety in the area of Chau Thoi pagoda.

Raising awareness, limiting fires and explosions

To proactively prevent fire and explosion situations that may occur during the annual Thien Hau Lady temple festival, the local police forces have proactively propagandized regulations on fire and explosion safety, especially at business establishments, temples, pagodas, religious establishments...

Binh An ward’s police force requires owner of the parking lot to regularly check and ensure fire safety during hot days

According to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Trinh, Deputy Head of Thu Dau Mot city’s Police Agency, in addition to implementing a plan to ensure fire prevention and fighting during the dry season, before, during and after the 2024 Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, the city’s police force has organized many propaganda campaigns and inspection tours of fire prevention and fighting work at the local pagodas; coordinated with Phu Cuong and Hoa Phu wards’ police forces to guide and propagandize about fire prevention and rescue at parking lots during the annual Thien Hau Lady temple festival while ensuring permanent combat at security posts, arranging permanent forces and means, being ready when fire or explosion incidents occur.

To ensure fire safety during the annual Thien Hau Lady temple festival, Thuan An city’s police force has assigned professional teams to organize inspection tours of business locations near Thien Hau Lady temple; strictly handled cases of not posting prices or providing services at incorrect prices. The city’s Fire Fighting and Rescue Police Team has also assigned soldiers in charge of the area to inspect, instruct and practice firefighting plans at Thien Hau Lady temple in Lai Thieu ward and Thien Hau Lady temple in An Thanh ward.

According to Lieutenant Colonel Bui Trung Hieu, Deputy Head of Thuan An city’s Police Agency, these days, the city’s Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force has coordinated with the local police forces from 10 wards and communes to strengthen propaganda and guidance on fire prevention and rescue for people to raise their awareness and spirit of vigilance and self-prevention of fires and explosions. The local police have also mobilized all their forces, prepared equipment and techniques to promptly handle fire and explosion situations. “We advise people that votive papers should be burnt under someone’s supervision in the right place, avoiding places containing flammable materials... There are always measures to prevent fire spread...", Lieutenant Colonel Bui Trung Hieu, Deputy Head of Thuan An city’s Police Agency recommended.

*Nguyen Thu Cuc, Chairwoman of Thu Dau Mot city’s People's Committee: "In recent days, the city's functional forces and wards have excelled at coordinating, unexpectedly checking and strictly handling illegal parking lots".

*Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Van Trinh, Deputy Head of Thu Dau Mot city’s Police Agency: "During the first festival of the year, people gather in large numbers at communal houses, pagodas and temples and use many flammable items such as votive paper, candles, incense sticks,... with a very high risk of fire. In the face of the above situation, all the city’s Fire Prevention and Rescue Police force has been on duty; coordinated with wards’ police to focus on checking the electrical system, checking the arrangement of assets, goods, vehicles, emergency exits, use of fire sources at places of burning incense, votive paper, the operability of on-site firefighting equipment at pagodas, temples, markets... This is to contribute to raising awareness of heads of establishments, businesses, small traders businesses, market management boards, and management board of Thien Hau Lady temple in Thu Dau Mot city... in the work of ensuring fire safety during the annual Thien Hau Lady temple festival".

Reported by Q.Anh-T.Trang-H.Phuoc-Translated by Kim Tin

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