6 December, 18 December, and 4 January, 2020 – Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Hai Duong, Vietnam As part of the “No Honking” public awareness campaign to increase youth traffic safety awareness, AIP Foundation collaborated with Ford Vietnam and other partners through the Ford Driving Skills for Life program to launch a series of
In response to the Vietnam National Traffic Safety Committee’s 2019 traffic safety action plan, which calls for better traffic safety measures for motorcyclists and passengers, AIP Foundation addressed non-helmet use among children through its Helmets for Kids program by providing more than 400 helmets to at-risk students at Phu Xuan Primary School in Binh Xuyen District, a rural district of Vinh Phuc Province in the
In an effort to educate both locals and foreigners on the risks of driving a motorcycle in Vietnam, the Consular Team at the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City led a “Ride it Safe” workshop to target British nationals who are living or traveling in Vietnam. The workshop aimed to raise awareness of
AIP Foundation, along with 28 other foreign NGOs, was honored by the Committee for Foreign NGO Affairs (COMINGO) for their contributions to reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development in Vietnam during the 2014-2018 period, receiving a Certificate of Merit of the Chairman of COMINGO. AIP Foundation received the distinction at the 4th International Conference on Vietnam –
7-8 December, 2019 – Pleiku City, Vietnam AIP Foundation has been developing an innovative “e-curriculum” on traffic safety for primary school students as part of the Slow Zones, Safe Zones program, supported by Fondation Botnar and managed by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP).The e-curriculum features interactive videos, games, activities, designed to teach students life-saving skills related to safer road behaviors, including speed reduction, a key component
In celebration of AIP Foundation’s Safety Delivered program, nearly 1,600 attendees, including volunteers from UPS (NYSE: UPS), students, parents, school officials, and local stakeholders, banded together to raise awareness for road safety through a kick- off ceremony and motorcycle parade at Ho Văn Thanh Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Supported by UPS and The UPS Foundation, Safety Delivered is
4-22 November, 2019 — Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Hanoi, Vietnam The Child Genital Reconstruction Surgery Program, which provides free surgeries for Vietnamese children suffering from severe genital birth defects or loss of genitals from trauma, recently launched its 14th mission across Vietnam. From November 4-22, 2019, a team of surgeons traveled throughout
AIP Foundation Deputy CEO, Na Huong Huong, took to the airwaves to discuss our speed reduction in school zones program, Slow Zones, Safe Zones, on the Voice of Vietnam (VOV1) radio talkshow in Vietnam. The Slow Zones, Safe Zones program, was piloted in coordination with Vietmam’s National Traffic Safety Committee and Gia Lai Traffic Safety Committee, with the support of the Botnar
To commemorate the upcoming World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and to celebrate the launch of the Safety Delivered program at Doi Can Primary School, AIP Foundation hosted a special helmet handover ceremony for nearly 760 students, with the support of The UPS Foundation. The event was held in collaboration with the Thai Nguyen Province Traffic Safety Committee and Department of
AIP Foundation staff and volunteers joined nearly 200 students at Hy Vong school, a school for children with physical disabilities, in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on November 13, 2019, for a helmet handover ceremony to encourage students to learn more about road safety through engaging games and educational activities. The helmet
