📷 Celebrating one year of partnership for safer roads for children in Viet Nam. This week, WHO Viet Nam, AIP Foundation and partners marked the first anniversary of the Viet Nam Project 2000 Road Safety Partnership, a milestone reflecting the power of collaboration in protecting children and young people on Viet Nam's roads. Over the past year, partners from Government, civil society, international development partners, academia and the private sector have come together around a shared vision: a Viet Nam where no child or young person is killed or seriously injured in a road crash. At a ceremony in Ha Noi, the Partnership formally welcomed three new members: ✅ The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) ✅ Honda Viet Nam ✅ Volvo Car Vietnam As the Partnership continues to grow, so does its collective ability to accelerate action on proven road safety measures including improved motorcycle safety, certified helmets for children, supporting the introduction and use of child restraint systems in vehicles, and promoting safer speeds and improved infrastructure around schools. WHO Viet Nam thanks all partners for their commitment, collaboration, and action over the past year. Together, we are building momentum and strengthening collective action for a safer future for Viet Nam's children and young people. #RoadSafety #ChildRoadSafety #VietNam #Project2000 #Partnership #SafeJourneysForChildren

Recently at the Safe Helmets for Asia Pacific (SHAP) Summit in Ha Noi, the World Health Organization called for stronger action to protect lives on the roads. Every minute, someone dies in a road crash across the South‑East Asia and Western Pacific Regions. But most of these 630,000 deaths a year - many of them among children and young people - are entirely preventable. A quality helmet, worn correctly, can save a life. But to make that happen, we need strong standards and strict testing, removal of fake and substandard helmets, and mandatory helmet use for everyone, including children. Viet Nam has already shown what is possible: the 2007 helmet law saved around 2,200 lives in its first year alone. Now is the time to protect and build on that achievement. WHO is committed to working with the Government and partners to ensure every child and every family is safe on the road. Read the speech by WHO Representative in Viet Nam Dr Angela Pratt here: who.int/.../speech-of-dr-ang…...