On January 5^th, Ho Chi Minh City’s Pham Van Chieu Primary School received a donation of 1870 helmets from United Parcel Service (UPS), a sponsor well aware of the holiday’s impact on road conditions. The donation, part of a school-based helmet education program called Helmets for Kids,was implemented by the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation with the collaboration of Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Education and Training (DOET) and Traffic Safety Committee (TSC). 

Through the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation‟s Helmets for Kids program, 1,139 helmets were donated to the school at a Helmet Handover Ceremony on December 27th. The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) collaborated closely on this project.

H.E. Hun Manet, representing Prime Minister H.E. Hun Sen, joined the Australian Ambassador to Cambodia Ms. Penny Richards to celebrate the donation of 100 motorcycle helmets to primary school students on December 6^th in Phnom Penh.

On December 7^th, members of the Cambodia Biker Club made a formal commitment to putting helmets on themselves and their passengers every time they ride, as a convoy of riders kicked off the new "Always care. Always wear a helmet." public awareness campaign. The campaign is being implemented by Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, in close collaboration with the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC) and the General Commissariat of National Police, Ministry of Interior (MoI).

Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation held a Handover Ceremony at Phuoc Thanh School in District 9. The event celebrated Intel Products Vietnam's sponsorship of Click on Safety, AIP Foundation's newest road safety education program. Two additional AIP Foundation programs, Helmets for Kids and Safe Routes to School, were also held at the schools.

Actress Kathy Uyen and singer Thanh Bui visited Truong Van Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City's District 9 in honor of the World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims. Discussions with students and meaningful commemoration activities were followed by interviews with local authorities on road safety. Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP Foundation) organized the day's events with the hope that it will increase students' awareness of road safety issues and lead to increased preventative action nationwide.

From November 2 to 30, 2011, 50,000 flyers refuting widespread myths about child helmet wearing were distributed in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Danang.

This marks the launch of a public awareness campaign focused on child motorcycle helmet use, which is being run by the National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC), the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), and the National Traffic Police (C67). The campaign is being implemented by Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation and will be accompanied by strengthened police enforcement. 

While most Vietnamese adults wear helmets, in compliance with the national legislation mandating helmets for motorcycle riders, child helmet use rates are dangerously low. Decree 34 requires children to wear helmets starting at age six, and involves a fine for parents whose children are non-compliant. However, recent observations set the national child helmet wearing rate at 34%, and as low as 16.7% in some areas.

A series of workshops being held in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Danang in November and December are mobilizing local agents who play a role in road traffic safety. The workshops aim to guide them in developing an action plan to improve the child motorcycle helmet use situation in their cities, and are part of the first phase of our national campaign entitled "Children also need a helmet". The workshops are being led by high ranking city officials and road safety specialists, which provides attendees with factual information and reinforces the government's commitment to this campaign at the local, city level.

The first workshop took place in Hanoi on November 12^th and was attended by around 70 people. Road safety specialists and authorities equipped parents and teachers with knowledge about how best to protect their children and students. This workshop's primary objective is to encouraging these agents to be role models and promote responsible behaviors.

Visit this webpage later this month for updates about our workshops in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang.

In 2010, 47 people died as a result of the Cambodian Water Festival’s chaotic festivities taking place in the street. In order to spread awareness of this issue, AIP Foundation organized activities relating to passenger helmet use which took place during the Water Festival. In addition, we released our public awareness campaign's logo. "Always Care. Always wear a helmet."

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Intel sponsors Helmets for Kids, Safe Routes to School and Click on Safety Handover Ceremony at Phuoc Long School.

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On Monday, October 28^st, AIP Foundation organized extracurricular activities to reinforce traffic safety knowledge at Phuoc Long Primary school in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 9. The activities were sponsored by Michelin.

Hanoi, 27 July 2011 - Mr. Greig Craft, President of the AIP Foundation, was awarded Vietnam's highest civilian honor - the Prestigious Friendship Medal - for his philanthropic work and contributions to improving road safety in Vietnam.  Authorized by the President of Vietnam, the medal was given by Minister of Transportation Ho Nghia Dung at a ceremony in Hanoi.  Craft was also awarded the Ministry of Transportation medal for his contributions and a Certificate of Merit.

ANZ Royal Bank donated 453 helmets to teachers and students of York Batr Primary School through AIP Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program. This was the first Handover Ceremony organized by AIP Foundation’s Cambodia office, and concluded a week-long training on road traffic safety and correct helmet usage which was attended by 35 of the school’s teachers.

The event was a huge success with over 50 stakeholders in attendance, including representatives of several government bodies. Speakers and guests were especially enthusiastic about the paintings on the school’s fences which encourage parents to put helmets on their children’s heads. Deputy Secretary General of NRSC H.E Mr. Peou Maly asked AIP Foundation to extend this “life saving program” to schools located along remaining national roads.  

20 May 2011, Ho Chi Minh City

More than 700 students and teachers from Tran Khanh Du primary school and 80 students and teachers from the British International School joined to promote road safety through AIP Foundation's Helmets for Kids program.  Students participated in a traffic knowledge competition, created road safety hand puppets, and practiced riding bicycles slowly and safely.  Other activities throughout the day included a helmet decoration helmet decoration competition and traffic safety fashion show competition. Students from the Phuoc Long School also joined the event to perform a hand puppet road safety skit. 

These interactive activities reinforced the traffic safety knowledge taught inside the classroom through the Helmets for Kids program and provided an opportunity for cross-cultural exchange between students and teachers.

10 May, 2011- Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia, supported the UN's Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) in Vietnam at a Helmets for Kids event on 10 May.  This is one of many activities hosted by the Ministry of Transport, the AIP Foundation, the WHO and UNICEF to launch the Decade in Vietnam.

May 11, 2011

More than 80 countries worldwide celebrated the launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020) on May 11, uniting around the common message: "It Is Time for Action." 

The Decade of Action for Road Safety is a UN Resolution calling for a 50 percent reduction in road traffic fatalities by 2020, signed by more than 90 countries.  The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation contributed to launch events in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Uganda.

Ho Chi Minh City, April 27^th, 2011 - Michelin Viet Nam in coordination with AIP Foundation donated 1,515 helmets through the Helmets for Kids program to the teachers and students of Phuoc Long Primary School in District 9, Ho Chi Minh City. Michelin Man and Miss Vietnamese World - Luu Thi Diem Huong as a Road Safety Goodwill Ambassador participated in the ceremony, promoting traffic safety and raising awareness on proper helmet use among children.

More than 978 teachers and students participated in a traffic safety drawing competition at the Mai Dich Primary School, as part of AIP Foundation's Helmets for Kids program.  The

Ho Chi Minh City, April 24^th, 2011 - Michelin Viet Nam and the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP Foundation) held a road show to promote road safety in District 9 of Ho Chi Minh City.  Road Safety Goodwill Ambassador Miss Vietnamese World, Diem Huong, attended the road show with representatives from Michelin, Bibendum, AIP Foundation, and the Phuoc Long Primary School. Diem Huong delivered a speech to launch the road show, emphasizing the importance of wearing helmets to save lives. Michelin and AIP Foundation representatives then distributed informational fliers dispelling common myths about child helmet use.

April 20 2011, Ho Chi Minh City- Total Vietnam and AIP Foundation led students at An Loi School in interactive road safety activities as part of the Safe Routes to School program.  The activities included a march in support of the upcoming UN Decade of Action for Road Safety (to be launched on May 11), a traffic safety drawing competition, and a safe bicycle riding competition.  These activities serve as a supplement to the Safe Routes to School educational curriculum donated to the school by Total Vietnam.  AIP Foundation's Safe Routes to School program combines road safety education with engineering improvements to the school's traffic environment to create a safer community for students.

Ho Chi Minh City, 2 April 2011- The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation implemented interactive traffic safety activities at the Nguyen Thi Dinh School, under the sponsorship of Cai Mep International Terminal, Inc (CMIT).  Activities included road safety knowledge contests, creation of a road safety mosaic from newspapers and magazines, and a drawing competition.  These activities are part of AIP Foundation's Helmets for Kids program, through which CMIT donated 700 helmets to students earlier this year.

"We would like to warmly thank AIP Foundation and Nguyen Thi Dinh school in developing and implementing these non-class activities for students. We are so happy to join these activities, including many kinds of traffic safety contests," said  Mr Michael Them Rasmussen, General Director at CMIT. "The students are very excited about the contests. We promise to continue this project in the next year."

HO CHI MINH CITY, April 7, 2011 - FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) has launched a competition to promote pedestrian safety and usage of its Traffic Safety Park among primary school children. Organized in conjunction with the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam, the ‘Who is the number one?’ competition is taking place on April 7th at the Quang Bien Primary School in Trang Bom District, Dong Nai Province.

1 April 2011 - Today, Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School held a traffic safety camp as a part of their Intel-sponsored Helmets for Kids program. More than 1,200 students and 220 Intel volunteers joined in the road safety activities. Intel Product Viet Nam's General Director, Rick Howarth opened the camp, saying that Intel was happy to continue promoting safety in the community through the program. In support of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, Mr. Howarth and the camp's organizers proudly wore the yellow road safety tag, an accessory specifically designed as a symbol for road safety advocacy. 

Throughout the day, the students, volunteers, and teachers participated in drawing contests, theater skits, fashion shows, singing competitions, and the traffic safety game show, called "Who is the number one?". The fun-filled day ended with an award ceremony, celebrating the road safety stars. The Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School Parent's Association also donated to the road safety camp, maximizing its impact and demonstrating their commitment to the program.

29 March 2011, Ho Chi Minh City

The British International School donated 758 helmets and road safety education to students at the Tran Khanh Du school through the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program.  Students from the two schools are collaborating to improve road safety awareness while building relationships between the schools.  British International School students led the launch ceremony, participating in the helmet fitting and training in helmet use.

Dong Nai, Vietnam, 2 March 2011 - Total Vietnam in partnership with Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation launched its Safe Routes to School program at An Loi Primary School, Long Thanh district, Dong Nai province, which provides road safety education to more than 900 students.

Yeoh visited Sampov Meas Primary School, a target school for the Cambodia Helmet Vaccine Initiative's Helmets for Kids program, which combines helmet donation with road safety education.  Yeoh trained students and teachers on proper helmet use and safe road behavior and demonstrated traffic lessons on the school's interactive traffic safety corner.

AIP Foundation participated in AusCham’s Australia Day Celebration, an afternoon of entertainment and green activities to raise awareness of environmental issues. AIP Foundation organized traffic safety-related activities for children including a “Kids Love Helmets” coloring contest and a road safety wristband throwing competition.

Ho Chi Minh City, 10 January 2011- Sophie Paris Vietnam today donated more than 200 helmets to students at Dong Ba Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City through the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation's Helmets for Kids program. 

HCMC - Jan 5, 2011 - FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam recently organized a ‘PHOTOVOICE’ photography exhibition to promote pedestrian safety from the point of view of children. More than 100 photos taken by 8 students at Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School were chosen to be showcased in the exhibit.

Ho Chi Minh City, December 9th, 2010 - Intel Products Viet Nam in coordination with AIP Foundation held a Helmets for Kids and traffic safety curriculum handover ceremony for teachers and students of Nguyen Minh Quang Primary School in District 9 in Ho Chi Minh City. Intel Products Viet Nam management and staff also participated in training students about traffic safety and helmet use at the school’s newly constructed traffic safety corner, supported by the company.

HCMC - December 18th, 2010, at the Exhibition Center SECC, the final round of TOC LUC TOTAL competition held by TOTAL Vietnam was taken place with participation of 28 players who won the online qualifying round and celebrities such as: Binh Minh, Pham Anh Khoa, Minh Thu, Yen Trang and a lot of people who are interested in this Go kart racing. This event was aiming at raising 400 mil VND for Safety Kids Fund (AIP Foundation)

Bangkok, 24 November 2010- Sofitel Bangkok Silom donated 175 helmets to primary school students at Wat Kaewjamfah School in Bangrak District as part of the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation’s Helmets for Kids program. Diversey Hygiene (Thailand) Co., Ltd. additionally donated a year’s supply of hand sanitizer and soap dispensers to the school to promote hygiene.

Ho Chi Minh City, 18 November 11, 2010- Movie Star Kathy Uyen and Australian Idol Thanh Bui will become Goodwill Ambassadors for the public awareness campaign to announce The World Day of Remembrance for Road Crash Victims, initiated by the AIP Foundation in coordination with the Ho Chi Minh Traffic Safety Committee. Together with more than 100 nations in the world, for the first time, Vietnam will join this meaningful event to remember road crash victims, empathize with the suffering of the injured and bereaved and their families. In addition, the event will raise public awareness of road traffic deaths and injuries and call for increased response to prevent road traffic injuries.

Ho Chi Minh City, November 3, 2010 - FedEx Express, the world’s largest express transportation company and a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation/Safe Kids Vietnam officially opened a Traffic Safety Park at Quang Bien Primary School in Trang Bom District, Dong Nai Province. The 1,700 square meter park, which is part of the Safe Kids Walk This Way program, will help educate primary school students about traffic and pedestrian safety.

Tan Thanh, 4 October 2010 - Nearly 700 students and teachers at Nguyen Thi Dinh Primary School in Tan Thanh received helmets and helmet use education thanks to Cai Mep International Co., Ltd.'s (CMIT) sponsorship.

Batam, 29 July 2010- The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation with corporate sponsors Chevron Corporation, Mitsui Exploration Co., Ltd. (MOECO), and PTT Exploration and Production Public Company, Ltd. (PTTEP) hosted a Helmets for Kids road safety event at Batu Ampar Primary School in Batam.  The sponsors donated 650 motorbike helmets to students and teachers at the opening ceremony.

Hanoi, 21 June 2010 - A Government delegation from Nicaragua led by Major Commissioner Roberto Gonzalez Kraudy, National Transit Chief and Mr Alvaro Lacayo, President of the Automobile Club of Nicaragua, and a member of the National Traffic Safety Committee of Nicaragua, visited AIP Foundation in Hanoi and the Protec Helmet assembly plant in the Noi Bai Industrial Zone on Monday. The trip was a fact-finding mission and information sharing opportunity for the Nicaraguan delegation, AIP Foundation and its international affiliate, the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative.

Mobile education unit – van with trained staff passing out flyers and answering questions that parents may ask

This week, AIP Foundation vans will travel to schools in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi to pass out flyers and educate the students and parents in districts of each city where helmet use is low and intervention is especially needed.

Letter to parents of all Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City schools involved in AIP Foundation programs. This letter requests parents to pledge to put a helmet on their children.

Phnom Penh, 6 May 2010 – AIP Foundation in co-ordination with the Ministry of Interior, the National Road Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports announced today the launch of the Helmet Vaccine Coalition Cambodia and its “One Helmet. One Life.” helmet use campaign. Co-funded by the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI), ANZ Royal Bank (Cambodia) Ltd. and Total Cambodge, the Helmet Vaccine Coalition Cambodia will implement public awareness campaigns and school-based programs to reduce traumatic brain injury and fatalities from road traffic crashes.

Vietnam Helmet Wearing Coalition (VHWC) have donated more 1,105 helmets, posters and flyers in an effort to combat the low helmet use rates of children. The donation was supported by an handover ceremony at the Dich Vong B Primary School in Hanoi. The Helmets for Kids ceremony preceded a roadshow which proceeded through major streets of Hanoi, leading to highway 1 and ending in the city center.