Vietnam currently lacks laws or regulations that require drivers to slow down near schools, where students are particularly vulnerable on their commutes as pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcycle passengers. According to the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation’s report in 2017, 2,150 children under the age of 19 died from traffic accidents every year. To
The Cambodian government recently amended its Sub-Decree on Fines on Road Traffic Offenses, taking effect May 1, 2020. The amendment increases traffic fines by three to five times their previous amounts for offenses such as failure to wear a helmet, speeding, ignoring traffic signs, failing a sobriety test, and using a mobile phone while driving,
The International Road Safety Assessment Programme (iRAP), a technology non-profit that creates virtual tools for road safety interventions worldwide, hosted a series of virtual trainings on how to utilize their evidence-based, digital approach to prevent unnecessary deaths and suffering. As their lead partner for Vietnam, AIP Foundation has greatly benefitted from iRAP’s Star Rating for Schools
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
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
100 university students from across five universities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia were trained as road safety ambassadors through the Youth Ambassadors for Road Safety (YARS) initiative as part of the Safety Delivered program, supported by The UPS Foundation. The training workshop took place at Asia Euro University, one of five universities chosen to be a partner for the Safety Delivered program. At the workshop,
12 September, 2019 – 7 November, 2019 – Phnom Penh, Cambodia AIP Foundation Cambodia, AIP Foundation collaborated with the Cambodia Traffic Police and the Department of Order to launch street-based public awareness campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of safe driving behaviors throughout the country. Traffic police stopped motorcycles, trucks, lorries, and other vehicles at checkpoints along National Road No. 4 and 6A in Kandal Kampong Speu and Kampong Cham Province. Once
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
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
AIP Foundation partnered with the George Institute for Global Health UK and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP), with support from Fondation Botnar, to discuss the results of the Slow Zones, Safe Zones program in Vietnam on Injury Prevention Journal’s blog. In 2017, Fondation Botnar launched the Child Road Safety Challenge (“The Challenge”) acknowledging the
