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Programme to enhance traffic safety education for students

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), National Traffic Safety Committee and Honda Vietnam Co. Ltd. on August 15 inked a cooperation programme on traffic safety education for the 2018-2023 period.
Programme to enhance traffic safety education for students ảnh 1At the signing ceremony (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), National Traffic SafetyCommittee and Honda Vietnam Co. Ltd. on August 15 inked a cooperation programmeon traffic safety education for the 2018-2023 period.

At the signingceremony, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Nghia noted thatthe number of traffic-linked deaths among students remains high, resulting inthe need of educational programmes on road safety.

The MoET andHonda Vietnam launched various programmes on traffic safety for students in2015-2018, such as training courses on traffic rules and safe driving skills,she said.

More than 70,000standard helmets were presented to students across the country, Nghia added.

The cooperationprogramme in the next five years will focus on compiling, supplementing andadjusting documents on traffic safety for young children and students.

Besides, it willorganise training courses for teachers and school officials responsible for studentmanagement and present helmets to students nationwide.

Especially, aneducational programme for children under five years old, the first of its kindin Vietnam, will be launched in a bid to raise the kids’ awareness abouttraffic safety.

For his part,General Director of Honda Vietnam Toshio Kuwahara expressed his belief that theprogramme will enhance effectiveness of communications on traffic safety inschools, along with providing safe driving lessons for Vietnamese people, whichhelp to reduce traffic accidents in the country.-VNA

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