Article originally published by iRAP HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – May 14, 2025 In a groundbreaking development, the much-anticipated new version of the Youth Engagement App (YEA) has launched during the 8th UN Global Road Safety Week, supporting the theme “Streets for Life: #MakeWalkingSafe and #MakeCyclingSafe”. Funded by Google.org, this upgraded version introduces a vibrant, user-friendly interface designed
PLEIKU CITY, Vietnam – April 23, 2025 As part of the recently launched Empowering Youth for Livable Cities program, two co-creation workshops were hosted by the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) and AIP Foundation. The objective of the two workshops was to collect real-time feedback from youth and local government from the first phase of the program (AI&Me:
PLEIKU CITY, Gia Lai – March 22, 2025 AIP Foundation, in partnership with Prudential Vietnam, the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training, and local partners, successfully hosted the first-ever Interprovincial Road Safety Day, celebrating five years of the Safe Steps Kids – Road Safety program in Vietnam. The event gathered over 500 students,
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – March 20, 2025 Small steps lead to big changes, and across Vietnam, safe school zones for every student are becoming a reality thanks to the Safe School Zones Guide Vietnam (SSZ Guide). The objective of the Safe School Zone Guide was to create a technical design guide which provides local governments across
GIA LAI, Vietnam – December 20, 2024 In Vietnam, many children share the road with speeding trucks, with no sidewalks to walk on going to school or proper infrastructure for safe cycling. Across the country, young cyclists lack the knowledge and practical experience to navigate these busy roads safely on their school journeys. These issues
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – December 17, 2024 Vietnam is advancing its commitment to safer school zones for students nationwide. One of the key goals of the National Strategy on Road Traffic Safety in Vietnam for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2045 (approved by the Prime Minister in 2020), is to ensure
HANOI, Vietnam – December 13, 2024 Training has commenced in Hanoi as part of the $2 million Google.org AI&Me Project leveraging AI to support a country-wide safety assessment of road infrastructure around 900 schools in Vietnam and support upgrades at the highest-risk locations. On 26-27 November 2024, Forest Inventory and Planning Sub-Institute, Northwest Region (NWSI)
YEN BAI, Vietnam – November 30, 2024 As part of the legacy of the Helmets for Kids program in Vietnam, supported by Johnson & Johnson and in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Yen Bai Traffic Safety Committee, a helmet handover ceremony was held at Tran Nhat Duat high school. This was
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – November 18, 2024 Building on the success of our innovative Big Data and AI road safety program that recently concluded, AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads, we are now proud to launch the newest program championing youth rights in Vietnam: the Empowering Youth for Livable Cities program. This new
YEN BAI Province, Vietnam – November 4, 2024 In April 2024, the official Safe School Zones Guide Vietnam (SSZ Guide) was launched globally and brought with it the opportunity for implementing safe school zones for students across Vietnam. This November, AIP Foundation, a non-profit advocating for safe, equitable, and sustainable mobility in the region, together
