Family, children and youth
Family, children, and youth policy and administration
40% of localities to set up child-friendly investigation rooms in 2020-2025 period
Child-friendly investigation rooms will be established in 40% of cities and provinces nationwide in the 2020-2025 period, which is set as one of key targets of the Prime Minister-approved national action plan to prevent and combat violence against children and child sexual abuse in the ...
Conference adopts Hanoi Call for Action on early childhood development
The Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD) adopted a Hanoi Call for Action on the implementation of ECD during its closing session in Hanoi on December 6. The call is expected to contribute significantly to accelerate the effective realisation of ECD in each ...
Việt Nam attends ASEAN meeting on social protection for vulnerable children
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs Lê Văn Thanh led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD) on strengthening social protection for vulnerable children in ASEAN in Vientiane, Laos on Thursday (21 November).Participants focused ...
Equity, quality and lifelong learning eyed as the heart of Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030
Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha chaired the meeting on September 17 with representatives from UNESCO Institute of Educational Strategies and UNICEF’s Education Program in Vietnam and members of the Editorial Team of the National Education Development Strategic Plan 2011-2030, with a vision ...
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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 ...
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 ...
