HANOI, Vietnam – May 22, 2025 Over 18.3 million children from primary, secondary and high schools commute between home and school every day in Vietnam. Still today, many children share the road with speeding trucks, with no sidewalks to walk on, as they go to school. Alarmingly, traffic speeds around schools frequently and significantly exceed
SONGKHLA, Thailand – May 16, 2025 The Chevron Street Wise program hosted a series of events empowering youth as part of the 8th United Nations Global Road Safety Week 2025 (UNGRSW). The 8th UNGRSW offers an opportunity to spur action at national and local levels to make walking and cycling safe, by highlighting concrete and
SIEM REAP and KAMPOT Provinces – May 12, 2025 On their daily commute to school, many children and youth are at risk. Road crashes are the leading cause of death for children and young adults aged 5-29 years globally. In Cambodia, students accounted for 12% of all road fatalities in 2022 . Among them, nearly
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
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam – 11 March 2025 A delegation from Cambodia’s government institutions visited Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku City and Dong Nai Province, Vietnam from 3 to 7 March 2025 to study road safety measures as part of the Safe School Zones Study Mission to Vietnam. Eight delegates attended the study mission
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
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
HANOI, Vietnam – October 28, 2024 The Ministry of Health, in partnership with the Hanoi University of Public Health, held the 4th National Scientific Conference on Injury Prevention, with a key focus on “Reducing the Burden of Injury: The Effectiveness of Sustainable Policies and Interventions.” The conference brought together leading experts and stakeholders from across
KATHMANDU, Nepal – 2 October 2024 In April 2024, the AIP Foundation team visited the Nepal Automobiles’ Association to, meet with local government and school representatives of the two target schools in Lalitpur district and Dhulikhel municipality visit to the schools to observe the traffic situation and infrastructure conditions, carry out school assessments using the
NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Thailand – July 8-9, 2024 To kick-start the next phase of the Chevron Street Wise program, throughout July, the AIP Foundation Thailand team will be visiting the school sites and meeting with school and government officials to prepare for the program events later this year. The team will also carry out observations to assess