Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh (third from left) presents a helmet to a first grader on June 12 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– Over 1.93 million standard helmets will be presented to first grade studentsin the 2019-2020 academic year as announced at a ceremony held in Hanoi on June12.
With the theme “Keep full dreams together”, the programme, undertaken by theNational Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training, andHonda Vietnam, looks to raise the ratio of helmet wearing among children to 80percent by 2020.
In the 2018-2019school year, Honda Vietnam delivered nearly 2 million standard helmets to firstgraders nationwide, contributing to increasing helmet wearing among 6-year-old childrenin Vietnam.
At the ceremony, the three sides signed a deal on coordination in implementingeffectively the helmet presenting programme, especially activities to spreadtraffic safety information to students’ parents.
Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh hailed the threesides for launching a significant progamme and at the same time asked them toseriously assess the ratio of helmet wearing among children as it is still low.
He said a survey in 10 provinces showed around 60 percent of first gradestudents wear helmets when they are driven to school while helmets weredelivered to all of them by late 2018. He blamed many parents for not wearinghelmets for their children when taking them on their bikes.
General Director of Honda Vietnam Keisuke Tsuruzono said his company willcontinue accompanying the Vietnamese Government in ensuring traffic safety forchildren and people in general.
In 2018, 1,442 children fell victims to traffic accidents, a drop of 17 percentfrom 2017.-VNA
With the theme “Keep full dreams together”, the programme, undertaken by theNational Traffic Safety Committee, the Ministry of Education and Training, andHonda Vietnam, looks to raise the ratio of helmet wearing among children to 80percent by 2020.
In the 2018-2019school year, Honda Vietnam delivered nearly 2 million standard helmets to firstgraders nationwide, contributing to increasing helmet wearing among 6-year-old childrenin Vietnam.
At the ceremony, the three sides signed a deal on coordination in implementingeffectively the helmet presenting programme, especially activities to spreadtraffic safety information to students’ parents.
Addressing the event, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh hailed the threesides for launching a significant progamme and at the same time asked them toseriously assess the ratio of helmet wearing among children as it is still low.
He said a survey in 10 provinces showed around 60 percent of first gradestudents wear helmets when they are driven to school while helmets weredelivered to all of them by late 2018. He blamed many parents for not wearinghelmets for their children when taking them on their bikes.
General Director of Honda Vietnam Keisuke Tsuruzono said his company willcontinue accompanying the Vietnamese Government in ensuring traffic safety forchildren and people in general.
In 2018, 1,442 children fell victims to traffic accidents, a drop of 17 percentfrom 2017.-VNA
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