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The phone rings all day inside the small room at 35 Tran Phu street in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district.

The new emergency telephone number for child protection, 111, is expected to become operational in December.

As many as 150 children aged between 9 and 16 from 24 districts in Ho Chi Minh City gathered at a forum themed “Lang nghe tieng noi tre em” (Listen to Children) on August 4.

Children were provided with essential skills to protect themselves from violence, sexual abuse, labour exploitation and accidents at a children forum held in the central province of Thanh Hoa.

A seminar took place in Hanoi on June 13 seeking to prevent children from being pushed into work by natural disasters and climate change.

A 30-billion-VND (1.3 million USD) project will be launched to improve the quality of child protection and education at 50 primary and secondary schools in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 1,000 cases of sexual abuse against children occur in Vietnam each year and in the first quarter of 2017, 33 cases were reported, heard a forum in Hanoi on April 14.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children raised more than 100 billion VND from 40 individuals, organisations, businesses and philanthropists at home and abroad at a televised gala on January 14.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged to assist Vietnam in realising sustainable development goals, including the protection, care and education of children.

Foreign diplomats and representatives from non-government organisations in Indonesia participated in a fact-finding trip on improving women capability and children protection in Aceh province.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh took over the Chair of the Council of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) from former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 2

UN organisations will assist Vietnam in improving its national system for child protection and changing social attitudes towards violence against children, following the One UN Strategic Plan for 2017

The fourth ASEAN Children Forum concluded in Hanoi on June 22 with a dialogue between children from ASEAN member countries and high-ranking regional officials in charge of social welfare and developme

Less than a half of Vietnamese youngsters seek help from their teachers when facing online threats, revealing the important role that schools can play in providing information of online safety.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on May 25 that June has been earmarked for a string of programmes to protect children from accidents and injuries.

National Assembly deputies discussed in groups a draft working report of the legislature’s 13th tenure and its agencies for 2011-2016 during the ongoing 11th session in Hanoi on March 23.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs organised a workshop in Hanoi on March 14 to discuss child protection between 2016 and 2020.

Members of the National Assembly Standing Committee on February 18 discussed amendments to the current Law on Press and the Law on Child Protection, Care and Education.

The Prime Minister has approved a child protection programme for 2016-2020, with a view to protecting children from abuse and special circumstances.

Vietnam has made important achievements in child care and protection through its special policies and priorities, National Assembly Vice Chairman Uong Chu Luu said.