Hanoi: RoK-backed project helps ensure traffic safety for students
Helmets and first aid kit bags were presented to high school students in Hanoi on October 15, part of a traffic safety project funded by Global Civic Sharing – a non-governmental organisation from the Republic of Korea.
Students at a primary school are given helmets (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Helmets and first aid kit bags werepresented to high school students in Hanoi on October 15, part of a trafficsafety project funded by Global Civic Sharing – a non-governmental organisationfrom the Republic of Korea.
The beneficiaries were students of the NguyenTat Thanh High School in Cau Giay district.
Addressing the event, Chief Representative ofGlobal Civic Sharing in Vietnam Choi Eui-gyo said that the country has a veryhigh rate of motorcycle use, with about 50 million motorcycles nationwide atpresent. It has also taken the lead in forcing commuters to wear helmets.However, more than 50 percent of the helmets used by commuters have been foundto be impractical and unsafe.
With the hope of helping to reduce trafficaccidents and their consequences, Samsung Life Insurance coordinated withGlobal Civic Sharing to carry out a traffic safety project this year.
The project, worth 6 billion VND (257,000 USD),will provide first aid kits and protective helmets for about 5,500 motorisedvehicle users in Hanoi, including about 5,000 students and 500 motorcycle taxidrivers, he noted.
Targeted students are in the Hanoi NationalUniversity of Education, the Nguyen Tat Thanh High School, the Thuong MaiUniversity, the Academy of Journalism and Communications, and the Quoc Oai HighSchool. Each school will receive 1,000 quality helmets and 1,000 first aid kitbags.
Each beneficiary will be given one helmet andone first aid bag.–VNA
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Students at a primary school are given helmets (Photo: VNA) 
