Reporters trained to better protect children in online environment

Da Nang (VNA) - The Press Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications held a refresher course in the central city of Da Nang on December 2 on the protection of children in the online environment, with the participation of nearly 100 reporters in the central region.

Participants exchanged views on the current status of child protection in the online environment and some current regulations on the work, and technology trends to protect them and support them to have healthy and creative interactions in the environment.

Deputy head of the department Mai Huong Giang stressed that the press plays an important role in disseminating issues of children in the Internet.

To effectively implement this task, the press needs be equipped with more knowledge and share ethical values in communications to protect and support children to have healthy and creative interactions in the online environment.

According to a survey by UNICEF Vietnam, 89% of the Vietnamese population has Internet access, 77% of the guardians of children use the Internet daily, and only 36% of the children in the households surveyed have been taught to stay safe online.

Notably, there are still children lured to send sensitive photos and videos, or make sexual intercourse./.