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Two million helmets to be presented to first graders in this school year

As many as 2 million helmets will be presented to first graders nationwide in the 2023 - 2024 academic year under a programme launched by the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training, and Honda Vietnam on September 25.
Two million helmets to be presented to first graders in this school year ảnh 1The programme on presenting helmets to first graders is carried out by the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training, and Honda Vietnam. (Illustrative photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 2 million helmets willbe presented to first graders nationwide in the 2023 - 2024 academic year undera programme launched by the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry ofEducation and Training, and Honda Vietnam on September 25.

Addressing the launch at the Phu Do Primary School in Hanoi, GeneralDirector of Honda Vietnam Koji Sugita said the company pledges to take everypossible measure for realising Honda’s global target of no traffic deathsrelated to Honda motorcycles and automobiles by 2050, and the VietnameseGovernment’s target of no deaths related to road accidents by 2045.

He notedwearing qualified helmets is a practical and important solution to protectmotorcyclists and their families. It is crucial for helping firstgraders, who are in an important age group of awareness formation, adopt thehabit of wearing qualified helmets on a motorcycle.

A broader target that Honda Vietnam aims at is topromote the habit of wearing helmets among motorcyclists in the country, hewent on, adding that it will continue providing traffic safety training for studentsand their parents and improving traffic safety awareness via public relations activities.

The programme was previously carried outnationwide by the three abovementioned parties from 2018 to 2020. After ahiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Honda Vietnam resumed this programme inHanoi, Can Tho, and Ho Chi Minh City in the 2022 - 2023 academic year.

The 2 million helmets to be presented in this year’sprogramme will raise the total so far to nearly 8.6 million.

KhuatViet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Traffic Safety Committee, said thoughtraffic accidents in Vietnam have decreased considerably, the numbers of relateddeaths and injured persons remain excessive.

National statistics reveal that about 7,000people in the country, including 600 - 700 children, lose their lives totraffic accidents every year. Meanwhile, 100 - 150 children sustain life-longinjuries due to traffic accidents annually.

The Party and State always view reducingtraffic accidents and easing the pain caused by the accidents as a highly importantpolitical task, Hung noted. He called on parents to lead good examples for theirchildren to follow and teachers to constantly remind students to wear helmets when traveling by motorcycle or electric bike./.
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