Illustrative photo (Photo: gialai.gov.vn) Gia Lai (VNA) – The Fondation Botnar and the Global RoadSafety Partnership (GRSP) have jointly launched a project on traffic safety intwo elementary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
The targeted schools are Phan DangLuu Elementary School in Bien Ho commune and Nguyen Luong Bang ElementarySchool in Thang Loi Ward, Pleiku city.
A conference on the implementationof the project was held by Gia Lai province’s Traffic Safety Board and the AsiaInjury Prevention Foundation (AIPF) on June 28.
The project aims to ensure trafficsafety around schools in Pleiku city by upgrading traffic infrastructure and improvingpublic awareness of this issue.
Pleiku has 31 elementary schoolswith nearly 24,000 pupils, who are dropped off and picked up by their parents. Trafficjams often occur at school gates as the schools are located on main streets.
According to Vietnam’s NationalTraffic Safety Committee, traffic accidents kill about 1.3 million people andinjure 50 million others each year, causing losses worth 500 billion USD.
The Vietnam-Germany TransportResearch Centre reported that the number of child fatalities inaccidents in Vietnam was 20 per 100,000, nearly three timeshigher than other countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) and more than four times higher than developed countries.
Against the back drop, thecommittee has selected the theme of “Traffic safety for children” for the 2018Traffic Safety Year .-VNA
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