Vietnamplus

The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), in coordination with several UN agencies and international organisations in Vietnam, held a conference on digital literacy on October 13.

Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) can only be effectively treated with nutritional products properly prescribed by medical specialists. Therefore, Vietnam needs a specific legal framework.

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.

Fifty paintings drawn by disadvantaged children were put on display at an exhibition called “Gratitude” held at the United Nations Office in Vietnam on December 3, on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3).

COVID-19 has killed over 19,000 people in Vietnam, leaving thousands of children orphaned. More than ever, they are in need of special and long-term care to ensure their comprehensive development.

Vietnamese children are heavily exposed to air pollution and flooding, said a report launched by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on August 20.

A total of 1,228,500 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23 morning.

The Vietnamese Party, State, Government and people always treasure the practical and timely support of international friends during the COVID-19 fight, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As many as 174 refrigerators for storage of vaccines, funded by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI) and supplied by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on June 8.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held a regular discussion on the humanitarian situation in Syria on March 29 via teleconference under the chair of US Secretary of State Antoby Blinken.

Vietnam will receive 5,657,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in March and April, all made by AstraZeneca, according to the National Expanded Immunisation Programme.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh City and the UNICEF in Vietnam have jointly launched a campaignto enhance the awareness of environmental protection amonglocal children.

Teachers and students should have access to information technology (IT) to take full advantage of humanity’s knowledge, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha said on October 15.

Children need to be protected from child labour more than ever amidst serious impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, heard a virtual interactive panel discussion jointly held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the UN Children Fund (UNICEF) in Hanoi on June 12.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam presented daily supplies to residents in the south central province of Ninh Thuan on June 9, in a bid to assist them in COVID-19 prevention and control.

UNICEF in Vietnam will continue to support the country’s Government to bring water, sanitation and hygiene programmes at scale in schools, according to a statement by the office on the occasion of the World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5).

The Department of Health (DoH) of the Philippines announced on September 19 that polio is re-emerging in the country, 19 years after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the Southeast Asian country free of the infectious disease.

Child sexual abuse has become more complicated in recent years, according to the Ministry of Public Security.

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.

Domestic and international health experts gathered in the central City of Da Nang on August 17 to call on countries to promote early essential newborn care (EENC).