Politburo member and Permanent NA Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man speaks at the event. (Photo: VNA) Chairing the function, Politburo member and PermanentNA Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man said it reflects the law-making body’s responsibilitiesfor issues of concerns among constituents, people, and the public opinion; andsupervises the implementation of the NA’s regulation on the protection andeducation of the children.
Man requested a clear analysis of causes of the childabuse issue and responsibilities of agencies involved, and called for proposalsand recommendations for the Party, NA, and Government to complete and betterimplement the law on anti-violence against children.
He also asked NA’s relevant units to study and propose the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) conducta comprehensive review of children at risk of violence across the country.
According to the MoLISA’s report at the session, in 2021,the Ministry of Public Security detected 1,914 child abuse cases nationwide, anannual decrease of 31 cases. However, there were a number of severe cases that outragedthe public took place.
Meanwhile, child protection, particularly against domestic violence, had yet to receive adequate attention. A report by the helpline111, an emergency telephone number for child protection, said children abused bytheir relatives accounted for the lion’s share of the total cases last year, at72.84 percent, which represented an annual increase of 5.3 percent.
The MoLISA’s report also pointed to a number of causes,including inadequate investment of resources for the child protection works, the moraldegradation of a section of the society, and the emergence of mental health andpsychosocial problems among part of the population.
It suggested amending and supplementing current regulationsfor child protection; issuing policies for the care of orphans, particularlythose victimised by the pandemic; and building a programme to ease COVID-19impacts on children, among other solutions./.
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