The central city of Da Nang will subsidise
the cost of motorbike helmets for residents as a measure to curb traffic
accident injuries and fatalities.
The
chairman of the municipal People's Committee, Van Huu Chien, said on Mar. 29
that a standard helmet would be sold in the city for VND50,000 (US$2.3)
starting April 1, about half of the current market price.
The
move aims to prevent people from buying cheap and counterfeit helmets, which
are behind an increasing number of head injures, according to the Ministry of
Transport Ministry.
Chien
said the city would lend helmet producers VND8 billion ($380,000) with zero
interest rate, in return for which the producers would supply the city with
100,000 helmets over two years.
Last
week, the city broke ground on a 5,000 sq.m helmet production facility with an
annual capacity of 100,000 helmets.
"We
hope that all city's dwellers can wear quality-tested helmets from accredited
producers, starting next month," Chien said.
VNA
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