HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - September 17, 2026

A Vietnamese Government delegation recently completed a study tour across Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, exploring international approaches to Safe School Zones, speed management, and safer, more people-centered streets. The Study Tour took place from August 22nd to August 30th 2026.

The study tour brought together Vietnamese road-safety stakeholders to learn from European authorities and organizations through technical presentations, discussions, site visits, and practical walking and cycling tours. This study mission was made possible through the support of the United Nations Road Safety Fund.

Vietnam’s Government Delegation learns from Danish Traffic Police how Copenhagen uses data-led speed enforcement to improve road safety.

Learning from Denmark

In Copenhagen, the delegation met with the Danish Road Directorate to learn about Denmark’s national road-safety framework, including the use of crash data, road-safety investigations, infrastructure standards and coordination between national and local authorities.

The delegation also met with the Danish Traffic Police, exploring data-led speed enforcement and school-zone safety, and observing speed-enforcement technologies in practice.

One particularly interesting approach was Denmark’s “order traffic control” system, which enables members of the community to report road-safety concerns and request targeted police enforcement — for example, around speeding in a specific area.

The delegation also visited a Copenhagen school zone and met with the Municipality of Copenhagen to explore school-zone planning, bicycle training, speed management, and measures that prioritize walking and cycling. Discussions with the Danish Road Safety Council highlighted the important role of education, communication, and behavior-change campaigns in improving road-user behavior.

Seeing Vision Zero in action

In Malmö, Sweden, the delegation explored Sweden’s Vision Zero approach, Malmö’s sustainable urban mobility strategy, School Streets, and child-friendly neighborhoods.

A walking tour allowed participants to see these approaches in practice, including multifunctional streets, rain gardens, safer pedestrian and cycling crossings, public-transport priority and speed-reducing street design.

Cycling and 30 km/h streets in the Netherlands

The final part of the tour took place in the Netherlands, where the delegation explored the country’s cycling culture and bicycle-safety approaches. Presentations from Fietserbond NGO and Hart Voor Verkeer organization focused on the Dutch experience with 30 km/h areas and Safe School Zones. A guided cycling tour then provided practical examples of bicycle-priority streets, residential areas, Safe School Zones and successful 30 km/h environments.

Key lessons learned

Across all three countries, the study tour reinforced the importance of taking a holistic approach to road safety. Effective Safe School Zones require more than infrastructure: they bring together appropriate speeds, street design, enforcement, education, communication and community engagement.

The delegation also saw how safer streets can support wider goals around walking, cycling, sustainable mobility and liveable communities. The lessons and practical examples gathered during the study tour will provide valuable inspiration as Viet Nam continues working to create safer journeys to school and safer streets for children, pedestrians, cyclists and other vulnerable road users.