At the ceremony (Source: VNA)ThaiNguyen (VNA) – As many as 2,275 standard helmets were presented topupils of the northern province of Thai Nguyen at a ceremony at Gia SangPrimary School on October 3.
Theevent was part of the project “Helmet forchildren”, which has been implemented in many schools nationwide, in responseto a campaign on traffic safety launched by the National Committee for Traffic Safety in 2019.
Jointly organised by the provincial Committee for Traffic Safety, theprovincial Department of Education and Training, the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, the event aims to popularise knowledge and lawson traffic safety.
In the framework of the event, pupils were instructed to wear helmets properly andjoin a contest on traffic safety.
Initiated in 2012, the project “Helmet for children” have benefited 74 primary schools in the seven provinces ofDong Nai, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Gia Lai, Yen Bai and Thai Nguyen. Sofar, over 63,000 standard helmets have been given to pupils in these provinces. As a result, the rate of pupils wearinghelmets in the beneficiary schools increased from 28.53 percent to 89.22percent in 2019.
The project helps to raise awareness of pupils and teachers of the importance of wearingstandard helmets, and protecting children from traffic-related dangers.
In Vietnam, the numbers of trafficaccidents, deaths and injured people still remain high though they havedeclined in recent years.
Although the adherence to the helmet wearing rule has been improved amongadults, the rate among children is still low./.
VNA
