The programme aims to popularise effective solutions Japan has deployed to educate children about traffic safety, thus reducing accidents in the country.
According to the programme, Doraemon, a famous Japanese manga character, is featured in a traffic safety campaign targeting Vietnamese children.
Doraemon is popular among children in Asia, including Vietnam, and has been considered to be a symbol of traffic safety for decades in Japan.
As part of the drive, a slogan contest is open for students aged between 6-15 under the theme “Be careful on the way to school”. Others aged 16 and over can create slogans themed “For children’s safety” to vie for awards.
The best slogan will be used as the road safety slogan of the year and appear on posters hung at primary schools across the country, according to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quang Nhat, head of the traffic law dissemination division of the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Traffic Police.
Besides, traffic safety classes will be organised at three schools in Hanoi and two others in HCM City from September. Local traffic police officers along with the Doraemon costumed characters will come to popularise the traffic law and guide primary students how to commute safely.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tsuneda Teruo, Managing Director at Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd said about 15,000 Japanese people were killed by traffic accidents every year during the 1980s.
So, Japan launched a traffic safety programme featuring Doraemon to solve this problem 30 years ago.
At present, Japan is one of the countries with the safest traffic network in the world, Japanese people have very good road sense. The number of traffic-linked deaths has decreased to around 4,000 a year.
Tsuneda Teruo suggested that adults should educate children to ensure traffic safety. He hoped that Vietnamese parents will participate in the traffic safety campaign since their children often follow what they do.
According to the programme, Doraemon, a famous Japanese manga character, is featured in a traffic safety campaign targeting Vietnamese children.
At the launching ceremony.
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As part of the drive, a slogan contest is open for students aged between 6-15 under the theme “Be careful on the way to school”. Others aged 16 and over can create slogans themed “For children’s safety” to vie for awards.
The best slogan will be used as the road safety slogan of the year and appear on posters hung at primary schools across the country, according to Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Quang Nhat, head of the traffic law dissemination division of the Ministry of Public Security’s Department of Traffic Police.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tsuneda Teruo, Managing Director at Japan’s Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd said about 15,000 Japanese people were killed by traffic accidents every year during the 1980s.
So, Japan launched a traffic safety programme featuring Doraemon to solve this problem 30 years ago.
At present, Japan is one of the countries with the safest traffic network in the world, Japanese people have very good road sense. The number of traffic-linked deaths has decreased to around 4,000 a year.
Tsuneda Teruo suggested that adults should educate children to ensure traffic safety. He hoped that Vietnamese parents will participate in the traffic safety campaign since their children often follow what they do.
