UNICEF has identified three priority areas for its support to Vietnam in the coming period, namely increasing investment in children and human capital; ensuring safety and empowerment within communities; and building family and community resilience to climate change, natural disasters, and social shocks.
UNICEF proposed using Vietnam’s child care and protection model as an example of how investment in children can align with economic development and drive GDP growth.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, chaired an UN Security Council meeting on December 3 on addressing challenges of children without parental care in conflict settings.
Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations, has affirmed the ASEAN’s strong commitments in promoting and ensuring the rights of children in both regional and global scales through dialogue, partnership and cooperation, helping to build a future of peace, stability and prosperity.
A library for kids, located at the Hanoi Children’s Palace, has been inaugurated on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan hosted a reception for Chief Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Rana Flowers in Hanoi on June 25.
Businesses pledged to sponsor nearly 80 billion VND (3.43 million USD) for the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) under agreements signed at a programme in Ho Chi Minh City on December 8 with the attendance of Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.
The freshly released Law on Children and National programme on child protection during 2016 -2020 are significant in realizing commitments of the Government with child caring and protection.
On a hot Sunday morning, Dinh Nguyen Tuan Tu was so absorbed in perfecting his moves on a football field in HCM City’s Binh Thanh District that he lost track of time.
Vietnam has made important achievements in child care and protection through its special policies and priorities, National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu said.
The draft revised Law on Child Protection, Care and Education will remove flaws in the existing law and adhere more closely to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, said the drafting board.
Vietnam pledges to make more efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member to the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child, and work closely with related agencies in the field.
