2 November 2019 – 10 November 2019 During the first week of November, the Safety Delivered 2019-2020 program in Vietnam held three teacher training workshops for a total of 200 parents and teachers across three project schools in Go Vap District, District 12, and Can Gio Ward in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with the aim
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Hanoi recognized AIP Foundation for outstanding corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs at a ceremony presided over by United States Ambassador Daniel J. Kritenbrink on October 30, 2019, at the InterContinental Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. Greig Craft, President of AIP Foundation, and Na Huong Hoang, Deputy CEO of AIP Foundation,
AIP Foundation CEO, Mirjam Sidik, presented on “Youth Mobility and Participation: Empowering Young Motorcycle Drivers in Cambodia and Vietnam,” during the Asia Pacific Road Safety Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, organized by the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), on October 29-30. Ms. Sidik shared examples of AIP Foundation’s work through the Safety Delivered program, which works with
AIP Foundation joined over 40 groups representing governments, international organizations, and NGOs at the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) from October 29-30, 2019, at the WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Ms. Ratanwadee Winther, Chairperson of AIP Foundation Thailand and AIP Foundation Denmark, represented AIP Foundation and supported the evaluation of the Decade of Action for
As part of the Safety Delivered program in Myanmar, 113 teachers from two project schools in Mandalay participated in a helmet safety training, which aimed to empower teachers to take a more active role in ensuring their students’ safety on the roads. During the training, teachers shared their personal experiences and the challenges they faced when encouraging their students to always wear
Students in the Bachelor of Design Studies program at the RMIT University School of Communication & Design (SCD) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, partnered with AIP Foundation to create a multi-language, animated PSA that targets youth on an important topic: speeding. In Vietnam, speeding is a cause of 25% of road crashes. The students took
AIP Foundation held a Safety Delivered orientation workshop in Ho Chi Minh City to engage local authorities, government stakeholders, and school representatives, and to promote key leaders’ understanding of Safety Delivered‘s road safety education and public awareness campaigns. The meeting aimed to bring together representatives from the Traffic Safety Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, Department of Education of Ho Chi Minh City, Traffic Police
AIP Foundation traveled to Tokyo, Japan, to present findings on the current status and challenges of traffic safety measures across Southeast Asia at the 5th Global Interactive Forum on Traffic & Safety (GIFTS) 2019, sponsored by the International Association of Traffic & Safety Sciences (IATSS). AIP Foundation CEO, Mirjam Sidik, discussed the impact of the socioeconomic development
Nearly 900 students and teachers celebrated International Walk to School Month with a pedestrian safety walk and parade at Minh Dao Primary School in Ho Chi Minh City, as part of the Walk This Way program, which aims to teach children safe pedestrian habits and increase their knowledge of road hazards. International Walk to School Month is an annual celebration which empowers students
Circular 31/2019 officially takes effect in Vietnam today, requiring that the “installation of speed signs must be based on the actual situation of the road sections and routes on traffic infrastructure, on the flow, types of vehicles and the time of day” (In Clause 1, Article 10). Between 2014-2016, the Transport Development And Strategy Institute
