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HCM City, UNICEF boost cooperation in child care

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan lauded UNICEF’s efforts in programmes to promote child care and protection in Vietnam.
HCM City, UNICEF boost cooperation in child care ảnh 1At the reception (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) – Vice Chairman of the HoChi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan lauded UNICEF’s efforts inprogrammes to promote child care and protection in Vietnam.

During a reception for Chief Representative of UNICEF in Vietnam Rana Flowers inthe locality on April 28, Hoan highlighted positive working results between themunicipal authorities and UNICEF in implementing the “Child Friendly CitiesInitiative” project, saying that this helps the city addresspriorities in terms of child protection, health, education, nutrition, andsocial care.

On the basis of results achieved in implementing the project, HCM City wishesto expand cooperation with UNICEF in Vietnam in specific programmes andprojects, towards improving social services, supporting policy development,creating technical foundation and favourable conditions for child protectionand care, and exercising children's rights in line with the city’s sustainabledevelopment orientation in the future, he said.

For her part, Flowers affirmed that UNICEF is an organisation tasked withproviding technical assistance for Vietnam to help the country performgovernmental projects related to ensuring children's rights under the UNConvention on the Rights of the Child.

UNICEF in Vietnam is interested in and looks forward tounderstanding Ho Chi Minh City's vision on issues related to children's rights inorder to complete a cooperation plan between UNICEF and Vietnam in the nextfive years, she said.

Flowers praised efforts and good performance made by the municipal authorities inimplementing the “Child Friendly Cities Initiative” project,expressing a hope for strengthened cooperation and experience sharing betweenthe UN agency and HCM City in solving child-related challenges in the processof building the city into a smart, modern and kid-friendly city in thefuture./.
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