This article was re-published with the permission of Greig Craft Losing our best and brightest Once in awhile, the nature of our work hits home in personal ways. It is no longer just a “statistic”. One of my ‘children’- a member of AIPF’s Helmets for Kids program – died in a motorcycle crash in HCMC during [...]
Yesterday, the 15th of December 2007, marked a new milestone in the history books of Vietnam: The mandatory helmet for all motorcyclists. In 2001 the Vietnamese government already tried to implement this law but failed completely. This time however it has been the talk of the day and the government has done a very good [...]
It has been a while that I added something to the blog. Extremely busy times so luckily I haven’t been run over by a bus…….which brings me on the topic of today. The chaotic traffic is one of the hot-topics in Vietnam. Although a poor country, the number of motorbikes is increasing fast. Thanks to [...]
I visited Vietnam for the first time in 1992 but returned in 1995 to stay here for……well……maybe forever. Many people ask me why I came to Vietnam in the first place and what is so magic about this country that I stay here. Let me give you 6 good reasons why Vietnamese people are incredibly [...]
