The programme was co-organised by the provincial Departments of Transport, and Education and Training, and the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation.

More than 1,300 students of three primary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai are presented with helmets.

It forms part of a project that has been carried out in 74 primary schools in Dong Nai, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Gia Lai, Yen Bai and Thai Nguyen provinces since 2012, and presented more than 63,000 helmets to local students.

Thanks to the project, the rate of children using helmets in the targeted schools increased from 28.53 percent before the implementation of the project to 89.22 percent in mid-2019.

At the event.

In Gia Lai alone, the project presented 9,000 helmets to students of 12 primary schools, helping to raise the rate of children wearing helmets in these schools from 81 percent to 95 percent between September 2018 and March 2019.

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.

Hanoi students presented with 10,000 qualified helmets

Qualified helmets have been presented to 10,000 students across Hanoi under a programme organised by the Vietnam Grand Prix company, aiming to convey traffic safety messages to the young.

Helmets presented to improve children’s road sense

Nearly 1,000 students of the Ba Dinh Primary School in Hanoi were presented with high-quality helmets on November 8 in an effort to help raise public awareness of road safety.

Helmets to be presented to nearly two million first graders nationwide

Approximately 1.95 million first graders at elementary schools across the country will be presented with free helmets that meet safety standards during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Source: VNA