Vietnam commercially available helmets accused mostly do not meet safety standards

According to Taiwans Central News Agency reported on October 19, the World Health Organization (WHO), a recent survey showed that motorcycle helmets are mostly sold in the Vietnamese market does not match the safety standards. In addition, the survey pointed out that the the Vietnamese young children ride motorcycles majority do not wear a helmet, which caused many children each year are killed in traffic accidents.
According to the survey, Vietnam many helmet below the eligibility criteria, especially in the provinces of the northern region, the failure rate as high as 82%. Road safety, accident prevention officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) offices in Vietnam, said Vietnam motorcycle driver yet to be established the wearing helmets consciousness, most people believe that wearing and not wearing "little difference.
Vietnamese officials also pointed out that the Vietnamese people for not wearing a helmet may cause serious consequences, awareness is still not high. So many people do not buy the heavy weight, the price is high, but the quality is good helmet. A motorcycle drivers to obey the traffic rules, but riding slowly, so there is no need to buy expensive products, this mentality led many hawkers in the streets trafficking the various discrepancies security standard helmets.
According to Vietnamese media reports, the Ho Chi Minh City regulations before the end of the year, children over 6 years old to ride motorcycles must wear a helmet, otherwise it would have been fine.