Social development
Family, children and youth
Government officials hold dialogue with children
A dialogue between 169 children and leaders of the government, ministries and agencies responsible for children’s affairs took place on August 17 as part of the 6th National Children’s Forum. The participating children were divided into six groups to present various issues such as violence and ...
Youth share perspectives on transforming education
On August 11, a group of Vietnamese young people gathered in Dong Van town, Ha Giang province to discuss, share their perspectives and have their voices heard on transforming education at a policy dialogue with the leaders and representatives of Ha Giang Peoples’ Committee, Ho ...
Vietnam congratulated on remarkable progress for children
Country Director of Save the Children in Vietnam, Dragana Strinic has congratulated the remarkable progress Vietnam has made for its children over the past two decades. Speaking at a meeting held in Hanoi on July 30 to launch the 2019 Global Childhood Report, she stressed that ...
Service package launched to prevent child labour, abuse
The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on June 28 launched a pilot service package designed to reduce child labour and prevent accident, abuse and violence against children.The package will provide ...
Patients get free surgical operations
As many as 61 patients from the central region and the Central Highlands got free surgical operations to mend their congenital deformities from June 17-28 at the Hue Central Hospital. This comes within the framework of a charitable programme jointly held by the hospital and the ...
Workshop talks safe space for women, children
Vietnam should consider ratifying international commitments on the elimination of violence against migrant women, Elisa Fernandez, head of the UN Women’s Office in Vietnam, has said. Speaking at a workshop on the safe space for women and children in Hanoi on June 24, the UN official ...
Workshop seeks way to improve justice for minors
A workshop on “Experience Sharing in Handling Cases under the Jurisdiction of Family and Juvenile Courts” was held in Hanoi on June 11.Held jointly by the Supreme People’s Court of Vietnam, UNICEF and the European Union (EU), the event aimed to draw on international good ...
Hanoi forum looks to end child labour
Over 200 children in Hanoi attended a forum responding to World Day against Child Labour 2019: Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams, held on June 7. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said the Vietnamese ...
High-school graduates turn away from higher education
Statistics from the ministry showed that over 886,000 students have registered for the national high school exam this year whose results will be used for high school graduation and university entrance consideration. Of the number, 279,001, or 27.8 per cent, did not register to apply ...
MoET & World Vision act to stop violence against children
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and World Vision International (WVI) in Vietnam have signed an agreement on an initiative to 2022 to end physical violence against children at home and at school.The initiative will include programs and activities on changing the behavior of ...
