Spain will donate 2.5 million EUR to help Vietnam create and implementprogrammes to eliminate the worst forms of child labour.
Under the termsof the agreement signed in Hanoi on March 29, the Ministry of Labour, WarInvalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will undertake the four-year project withtechnical assistance provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The project aims to support 5,000 children who are currently working indangerous and Dickensian conditions in Hanoi, Lao Cai and Ninh Binh provinces inthe north, Quang Nam province in the central region and Dong Nai province in thesouth by trying to find them suitable jobs after providing vocational training,additional schooling or simply returning them to their families.
It willimprove information systems and the national database on child workers, designnew models to reduce the worst forms of child labour in the five targetedlocalities and raise the public’s awareness on the issue.
Speaking atthe signing ceremony, MoLISA Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Hoa said that theproject represents a practical foundation which will enable Vietnam to set upand realise a national plan of action to prevent and eliminate the worst formsof child labour.
The ILO Director in Vietnam, Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard,praised the country’s efforts to eradicate several kinds of child labour,including its approval of ILO Convention 182 on the eliminating the worst formsof child labour and Convention 183 on the minimum age for child workers.
The director confirmed that the ILO will work together with Vietnam todeal with this issue, adding that the project will be expanded into other citiesand provinces if it is successful in the first five targeted localities.
The Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam , Fernando Curcio Ruigomez, said thefunding clearly indicates the Spanish government’s support for Vietnam ineradicating hunger, reducing poverty and accomplishing its MillenniumDevelopment Goals.
By accelerating its open policy and promotinginternational integration, Vietnam has made a lot of achievements in manyfields. However, the country has noted several negative issues emerging alongwith the development of the market economy. A growing number of children havebecome victim to social evils such as prostitution, drug and sexual abuse aswell as human trafficking.
According to MoLISA, more than 26,000Vietnamese children, equivalent to 0.1 percent of the total number, arecurrently working in hard, harmful and dangerous conditions./.
Under the termsof the agreement signed in Hanoi on March 29, the Ministry of Labour, WarInvalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) will undertake the four-year project withtechnical assistance provided by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The project aims to support 5,000 children who are currently working indangerous and Dickensian conditions in Hanoi, Lao Cai and Ninh Binh provinces inthe north, Quang Nam province in the central region and Dong Nai province in thesouth by trying to find them suitable jobs after providing vocational training,additional schooling or simply returning them to their families.
It willimprove information systems and the national database on child workers, designnew models to reduce the worst forms of child labour in the five targetedlocalities and raise the public’s awareness on the issue.
Speaking atthe signing ceremony, MoLISA Deputy Minister Nguyen Thanh Hoa said that theproject represents a practical foundation which will enable Vietnam to set upand realise a national plan of action to prevent and eliminate the worst formsof child labour.
The ILO Director in Vietnam, Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard,praised the country’s efforts to eradicate several kinds of child labour,including its approval of ILO Convention 182 on the eliminating the worst formsof child labour and Convention 183 on the minimum age for child workers.
The director confirmed that the ILO will work together with Vietnam todeal with this issue, adding that the project will be expanded into other citiesand provinces if it is successful in the first five targeted localities.
The Spanish Ambassador to Vietnam , Fernando Curcio Ruigomez, said thefunding clearly indicates the Spanish government’s support for Vietnam ineradicating hunger, reducing poverty and accomplishing its MillenniumDevelopment Goals.
By accelerating its open policy and promotinginternational integration, Vietnam has made a lot of achievements in manyfields. However, the country has noted several negative issues emerging alongwith the development of the market economy. A growing number of children havebecome victim to social evils such as prostitution, drug and sexual abuse aswell as human trafficking.
According to MoLISA, more than 26,000Vietnamese children, equivalent to 0.1 percent of the total number, arecurrently working in hard, harmful and dangerous conditions./.
