With the participation of nearly 1000 students, this was the biggest Helmets for Kids programme event for 2024, underscoring the programme’s dedication to enhancing road safety and promoting a culture of safe and quality helmet-wearing among youth in Vietnam.
Throughout 2024, 5,250 helmets were distributed, including 2,800 ones meeting ECE 22 standard helmets which are proven to absorb higher impact forces and provide better protection in case of crashes.
Speaking at the event, Dao Anh Tuan, Deputy Director of Yen Bai Provincial Department of Education and Training, highly appreciated AIP Foundation and Johnson & Johnson’s significant contributions through this programme.
Over the past 13 years, this programme has provided high-quality helmets to children in various provinces and cities across Vietnam.
The National Traffic Safety Committee will continue to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to strengthen the enforcement of helmet regulations, particularly Article 31 of the Road Traffic Safety Law, which was recently approved by the National Assembly in June 2024.
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From 2012 to 2024, the Helmets for Kids programme has provided 84,326 quality helmets to students, teachers and school staff. |
Over the past 13 years, the partnership between AIP Foundation and Johnson & Johnson has redefined helmet safety progress across Vietnam.
From 2012 to 2024, the Helmets for Kids programme has reached 109 schools across nine provinces in Vietnam, providing 84,326 quality helmets to students, teachers and school staff – saving an estimated 882 students and teachers from potential brain injury.
During 2024, the final year of the programme, the focus has remained on vulnerable communities in Northern Vietnam, ensuring every child, every student, has a safe journey to and from school.
“The Helmets for Kids programme has brought the community together to improve road safety. Guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is committed to supporting our local communities and for the last decade, this program has increased community awareness of road safety and it has encouraged the use of helmets amongst young adults and school children,” shared Le Chi Thuy Dung, General Director, Innovative Medicine, Johnson & Johnson Vietnam.
Tran Nhat Duat High School is located on a provincial road that is often plagued by busy traffic and speeding trucks. Students are often at risk while travelling on e-bikes and bicycles with their families, and often lack access to safe and sustainable journeys to school.
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The Helmets for Kids programme has brought the community together to improve road safety. |
To encourage road safety skills among the students and raise awareness on the importance of wearing a helmet, Na Huong Hoang, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at AIP Foundation and Nguyen Thu Hang, Government Affairs and Policy Lead from Johnson & Johnson Vietnam facilitated a helmet-fitting activity and engaged the students in road safety activities and games.
At the event, a total of 1,300 ECE22 helmets were distributed to high school students. The helmets provided as part of the Johnson & Johnson-supported Helmets for Kids programme, which targets to make a life-saving difference for vulnerable students on their way to and from school in Yen Bai. Wearing a quality helmet can reduce the risk of death by 42% and the risk of serious brain injury by 69%.
Johnson & Johnson has been a long-time and trusted partner of AIP Foundation since 2004 and this year, we are proud to celebrate 13 years of the Helmets for Kids program supported by Johnson & Johnson in Vietnam.
“At AIP Foundation, we are incredibly proud of the achievements and successes garnered through the Helmets for Kids programme since 2012. Throughout this journey, Johnson & Johnson has been an invaluable partner, supporting safe school commutes for students and ensuring students have access to safe and quality helmets. The legacy of this programme will continue through every helmet and every child that it has impacted,” shared Na Huong Hoang, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at AIP Foundation.
