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The FIA Foundation is an independent UK registered charity which manages and supports an international programme of activities promoting road safety, environmental protection and sustainable mobility, as well as funding specialist motor sport safety research. FIA Foundation will work to promote the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative to secure new funding partners and build political support for the initiative amongst international donors and institutions and within focus countries. Working through the Make Roads Safe campaign, FIA Foundation will raise the profile of helmet wearing as a key component of the Decade of Action for Road Safety. FIA Foundation representatives will also serve on the GHVI Global Steering Committee, advising on country selection and providing technical support.

Michelin Vietnam is dedicated to sustainably improving the mobility of goods and people by manufacturing and marketing tyres for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles/motorcycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, trucks and the US space shuttle. It also offers electronic mobility support services, on ViaMichelin.com, and publishes travel guides, hotel and restaurant guides, maps and road atlases. Headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Michelin is present in 170 countries, has around 118,000 employees and operates 68 production plants in 19 different countries.

FedEx Vietnam FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $37 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 285,000 team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit news.fedex.com

Blue Ribbon Employers Council (BREC)
AIP Foundation is a member of the Blue Ribbon Employers Council, formed in September of 2007 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH) and with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Council’s mission is to promote employment of people with disabilities in Vietnam. AIP Foundation’s Protec helmet assembly plant employs the physically disabled as a part of its employment policy. We have modified the conveyor belts to accommodate workers in wheelchairs, and work with organizations that support disabled workers to provide a positive working environment for the disabled.

The Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI)
In November 2009, the FIA Foundation joined AIP Foundation and the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility to launch the Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative (GHVI). With the objective of ‘a helmet on every head in the Decade of Action for Road Safety’,GHVI partners work with local NGOs in developing countries around the world to implement AIP Foundation programs. Target countries for 2010 are Cambodia, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Uganda and Senegal.

Safe Kids Worldwide
In April 2004, the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES58/289 on “Improving global road safety” invited the WHO, working in close cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions, to act as coordinator on road safety issues across the United Nations system.

With representatives from more than 42 organizations (eleven of which are United Nations agencies), the Collaboration has initiated work on tLogo Safe Kidshe following activities: development of a series of manuals on good practices; creation of a dynamic, global web-based database on road safety legislation; completing and updating of a series of resolutions on road traffic signs and signals adapted in the European region; following up on regional road safety stakeholder meetings; and the establishing an annual World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. This day is the third Sunday of every November The number of governmental and non-governmental organizations involved and the range of sectors they represent - health, transport, safety - attest to the broad interest that exists for this new effort.

AIP Foundation partnered with UN agencies, the WHO, the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and other NGOs to write the helmet manual for the UN Road Safety Collaboration. The final report outlines best practices for designing and implementing a helmet program. It is available online here  

Vietnam Helmet Wearing Coalition (VHWC)
VHWC is a group of organizations and businesses dedicated to improving the road traffic safety environment in Vietnam - particularly promoting public awareness on helmet wearing. This group supports AIP Foundation’s public awareness education campaigns, which include television commercials, billboards, other outdoor advertising, road safety events and school-based programs.

Presently, VHWC includes: the Asia Injury Prevention Foundation, the Asian Development Bank, AusAID, the Royal Danish Embassy, the US Embassy, the World Bank, Intel, and Michelin.

Cai Mep International Terminal (CMIT) was established on January 26, 2007 as a joint venture between the Vietnam-based Saigon Port, Vietnam National Shipping Lines and APM Terminals BV. CMIT, presently under construction, is located strategically in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.When it becomes operational in January 2011, this modern and efficient container terminal facility will offer shipping lines and their clients fast and direct access to and from the main shipping markets in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. It is CMIT’s policy to conduct its activities in a manner that protects the health and safety of its employees and communities.

The British International School - Vietnam is a caring and multicultural community that enables all individuals to realize their academic and personal potential in a dynamic and challenging learning environment which values enquiry, perseverance and reflection. At the British International School - Vietnam we act with integrity and treat one another with respect, learning together as responsible global citizens.

Total is a French multinational energy company committed to leveraging innovation and initiatives to provide a long-term response to the growing energy demand. One of the largest integrated international oil and gas companies, and a world-class chemicals manufacturer, Total operates in more than 130 countries and has 97,000 employees.
In addition to conducting business according to the highest standards of professional integrity, Total maintains an ongoing commitment to transparency, dialogue and ethics. The group is strategically dedicated to meeting the challenges faced by all businesses when developing natural resources, continuously striving to improve impact management and reduction, integrating its operations into host country cultures, and dialoguing with civil society.

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 967,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 240 countries. Suppliers receive more than 192 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online alone. Global Sources has been facilitating global trade nearly 40 years. Global Sources' network covers more than 60 cities worldwide.

Kearny Alliance, a US nonprofit 501 (c) (3) foundation, partners with other international organizations to further its mission of ‘Aid through Trade’, to advance international development and poverty alleviation through trade-related business, education, training and applied research. Key programmatic areas include 1) livelihood development at the grassroots level, 2) job creation for small & medium producers, 3) education & skills development, and 4) trade policy research.

Sophie Paris Vietnam is a French owned fashion company selling direct. It is present in four countries including Indonesia, Morocco, Philippines and Vietnam. With head office in Jakarta, Indonesia the company employs more than 550 staffs and has more than 100,000 active members around the world. The company produces a new catalogue every 45 days full of French designed fashion for woman, men and children.Sophie Paris Vietnam was launched in October 2010 and has its office on 84B Tran Quoc Toan street, Ward 8, District 3. Ho Chi Minh City. The company employs 53 staff as well as a fast growing number of members. Sophie Paris Vietnam is fully certified and recognized by the Direct Selling Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam.