A delegation from Cambodia’s government institutions visited Ho Chi Minh City, Pleiku City and Dong Nai Province, Vietnam from 3 to 7 March 2025 to study road safety measures as part of the Safe School Zones Study Mission to Vietnam. 

Eight delegates attended the study mission from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS), General Secretariat of the National Road Safety Committee (NRSC), the Ministry of Public Works and Transport and General Commissariat of National Police, Ministry of Interior. The visit was coordinated by AIP Foundation with support from FIA Foundation.

Marrakech, February 2025 – AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the Global Helmet Vaccine  Initiative (GHVI), FIA Foundation, and Galeatus, proudly announces the official launch of the Global  Child Helmet Standard for Two-Wheel Motorized Vehicles (GCHS1:2025). This groundbreaking  initiative was unveiled during the 4th Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Marrakech,  where global leaders and organizations convened to advance road safety measures and promote  helmet usage to protect vulnerable road users, particularly children. 

The Chevron Street Wise program will host a Safety Week and Road Safety Corner Opening Ceremony at Wichianchom School, Songkhla Province. This event marks a major milestone in reinforcing road safety education for primary school students through interactive learning experiences and the inauguration of a newly renovated Road Safety Corner.The Safety Week at Wichianchom School will bring together more than 2,300 students, educators, media representatives, and government stakeholders for a dynamic series of activities. 

In an effort to continue safeguarding students’ safer journeys to school and promote greener mobility, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and FIA Foundation joined forces with AIP Foundation to implement the Ride Safe – Bike Safety program in Gia Lai province Vietnam in 2024. The program was made possible through funding from the Safe and Sustainable Mobility Grants programme by the FIA and supported by the FIA Foundation.

To fulfill the Prime Minister’s Directive 31 and align with the National Strategy on Road Traffic Safety for 2021–2030, with a vision toward 2024, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) of Vietnam, in collaboration with AIP Foundation and FIA Foundation, is hosting a national workshop on ensuring traffic safety in school zones, with a particular focus on improving traffic infrastructure at school gates nationwide.

AIP Foundation has won a 2024 Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for the AI&Me: Empowering Youth for Safer Roads program. Yearly, the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards are presented to organizations in recognition of their outstanding contribution to improving road safety.

H.R.H.Prince Michael of Kent, a long-­time patron of road safety efforts worldwide, presented the award to Victoria Jönsson-Brown, from AIP Foundation and Monica Olyslagers, Global Innovation Manager & Cities Specialist from the International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP).

As part of the legacy of the Helmets for Kids program in Vietnam, supported by Johnson & Johnson and in collaboration with the National Traffic Safety Committee and the Yen Bai Traffic Safety Committee, a helmet handover ceremony was held at Tran Nhat Duat high school. This was the biggest Helmets for Kids program event for 2024 with nearly 1,000 students gathered, underscoring the program’s dedication to enhancing road safety and promoting a culture of safe and quality helmet wearing among youth in Vietnam.

In April 2024, the official Safe School Zones Guide Vietnam (SSZ Guide) was launched globally and brought with it the opportunity for implementing safe school zones for students across Vietnam. AIP Foundation, a non-profit advocating for safe, equitable, and sustainable mobility in the region, together with Boeing launched the Building Safer Journeys to School for Youth program to safeguard students on their way to and from schools in Vietnam.

Safe Mobility NGO AIP Foundation and its partners launch STABLE trial in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of World Sight Day 2024 to safeguard university students on the road. Ahead of World Sight Day 2024, AIP Foundation in collaboration with its partners, including the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Transport Development & Strategy Institute, Vietnam Ministry of Transport as well as the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Ho Chi Minh City hosted the launching event of the STABLE Trial.

Building on the legacy of our achievement with local and national government partners across Thailand, AIP Foundation is joining forces with FIA Foundation to launch the new Safeguard – Helmet Advocacy Initiative 2024 – 2026. The objective of the program is to improve existing helmet policy implementation and enforcement strategies in Thailand to promote safer and more sustainable mobility.