Vietnam: Empowering Youth for Livable Cities

A 3-YEAR PROGRAMME PLACING YOUNG PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE OF ROAD SAFETY AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN VIETNAM.

2024–2027

Why Vietnam, why now?

Vietnamese cities are growing fast — but they haven’t been designed with young people in mind. Traffic is heavy, pollution is high, and crashes are the second leading cause of death for children and young adults.


 Fit for the Future Vietnam is YOURS’ newest programme to support youth in leading real change for safer, healthier and more inclusive cities. Through leadership training, peer learning, and digital tools, young people are stepping up to reshape the streets they walk every day.

(Photo credit: AIP Foundation) Students celebrate the launch of the AI&Me Youth Engagement App across 3 cities in Vietnam.

WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR

Teachers (92 surveyed):

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75% say distracted driving is the top risk

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Nearly 1 in 4 are under 25 — youth teaching youth

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57% don’t feel confident teaching road safety

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80% are open to trying new teaching methods

Students (800 surveyed):

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62% rate their road safety knowledge as "average"

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Top risks: speeding (79%), distracted driving (69%)

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63% prefer interactive training (games)

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Lowest confidence in public speaking and media skills

  • Train 60 school staff to lead the new curriculum
  • Empower 900 students as peer trainers
  • Reach 40,000 students with road safety education
  • Log 10,000 pins on the YEA app to map risky areas
  • Support 120 road upgrades in school zones
  • Launch 1 Citizen Portal to help local governments act on youth data
  • Train 60 school staff to lead the new curriculum
(Photo credit: AIP Foundation) Under the first phase of the programme, AIP Foundation collaborated with the Yen Bai Traffic Safety Committee to develop a safe school zone model at Hoang Quoc Viet High School based on data collected from students through the YEA mobile app.

By 2027, we aim to…

What our partners are saying

“Young people in Vietnam are ready to take the lead in making their cities more sustainable and their commutes safer. I have been impressed with YOURS’ work to not only share road safety skills, but give young people the confidence and soft skills to communicate their ideas to their local leaders.”
 — Ms. Trang Truong, Senior Programme Manager, AIP Foundation
“To harness data for change, who better to ask than those using the streets every day on their way to school? iRAP partnered with YOURS to cascade the Youth Engagement App (YEA) to high school students across Vietnam so that they can become peer leaders in their communities.”
 — Ms. Shanna Lucchesi, Project Coordinator, iRAP

PARTNERS