The rate of accident-related child fatalities and injuries in Vietnam is equal to that in middle-income and regional nations, but still three times higher than the rate in high-income countries, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 30.
Following defender Doan Van Hau, goalkeeper Dang Van Lam is the next player to miss out on the rest of this year's World Cup’s final round qualification due to injury.
Schools in Ho Chi Minh City recorded higher rates of student wearing helmets on the road in the 2019 – 2020 period, however, the number of standard helmets remained low, a survey said.
The Asia Injury Prevention Foundation (AIP) and the Traffic Safety Committee of the northern Thai Nguyen province held a ceremony on November 25 to launch a “Helmet for Children” project for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation, the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Ministry of Education and Training have expanded the Helmets for Kids programme to rural communities in the provinces of Yen Bai, Thai Nguyen and Tuyen Quang.
NGO Asia Injury Prevention Foundation has introduced the Helmets for Kids programme at the Phu Xuan Primary School in Binh Xuyen district, Vinh Phuc province, hoping to increase the rate of students wearing helmets.
As many as 3,600 injuries are reported every day in Vietnam, killing about 90 people, said Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son at a national scientific conference on injury prevention in Hanoi on November 12.
More than 1,300 students of three primary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai were presented with helmets under a programme held at Le Hong Phong Primary School in Bau Can commune, Chu Prong district.
Hanoi FC won’t be firing on all cylinders when they face Altyn Asyr at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup Inter-Zone semi-final’s first leg match on August 20 at Hang Dayy Stadium in the capital city.
The “Helmets for Kids” programme carried out in Yen Bai province has encouraged children to wear helmets while traveling on road, and contributed to reducing casualties caused by traffic accidents among children, heard a conference on June 6.
Nearly 1,000 students of the Ba Dinh Primary School in Hanoi were presented with high-quality helmets on November 8 in an effort to help raise public awareness of road safety.
The Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation has taken its Helmets for Kids programme to the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen, to make the road to school safer for local children.
A Canadian trade body has made a preliminary ruling that imports of cold-rolled steel from Vietnam, China and the Republic of Korea are harming the domestic industry.
The Fondation Botnar and the Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) have jointly launched a project on traffic safety in two elementary schools in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.
A 17-day workshop that ended on January 6 taught safe driving skills and encouraged university students to promote traffic safety among their peers and in the community.
Accidents on the road killed 67 and injured 74 others during the three-day New Year holiday from December 30, 2017 to January 1, 2018, according to the Office of the Public Security Ministry.
Da Nang Hospital has saved a foreigner suffering multiple serious injuries from a traffic accident while travelling from the central city of Da Nang to Hoi An town in neighboring Quang Nam province.
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