He made the call during a walk aiming to raise the percentage of children wearing helmets when riding motorcycles and similar vehicles jointly held in HCM City on September 27 by the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET).

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (third from left) joins the walk.

Also Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, Deputy PM Binh affirmed that providing care and education for children and young people are a duty of all people. Making sure that children properly wear helmets demonstrates commitment to protecting lives and health care for the country’s future generations and preventing losses triggered by traffic accidents.

He underlined that efforts have been made over the years to raise the rate. Of note, a programme arranged by the traffic safety committee and the MoET on presenting helmets for first graders has helped raised the figure to about 70%, which is expected to stand at 80% by the end of this year.

Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong said that the city will bolster communications on wearing helmets when riding motorbikes and dissemination of traffic regulations in schools.

According to the National Traffic Safety Committee, the death toll from traffic accidents declined to over 8,200 in 2018 from nearly 12,000 recorded six years earlier.

Over 1,300 primary students in Gia Lai receive free helmets

More than 1,300 students of three primary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai were presented with helmets under a programme held at Le Hong Phong Primary School in Bau Can commune, Chu Prong district.

Leaders join walk in call for children to wear helmets

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and other leaders joined a walk with thousands of schoolchildren and their parents on September 8 in Hanoi to call on parents to ensure their children wear helmets when riding motorbikes.

Honda Vietnam to present over 176,000 helmets to Hanoi school children

Honda Vietnam will present more than 176,000 helmets to first graders in Hanoi during the 2019-2020 academic year, the company’s representative said when presenting helmets to students at the Tran Quoc Toan primary school in Hanoi on September 5. 

Over 1.93 million helmets to be delivered to first graders

Over 1.93 million standard helmets will be presented to first grade students in the 2019-2020 academic year as announced at a ceremony held in Hanoi on June 12.

Programme encourages children in Yen Bai to wear helmets

The “Helmets for Kids” programme carried out in Yen Bai province has encouraged children to wear helmets while travelling on road, and contributed to reducing casualties caused by traffic accidents among children, heard a conference on June 6.

Source: NDO/VNA