Vietnam and the UK issued a “Joint Declaration on the Vietnam - UK Strategic Partnership: Forging Ahead for Another 10 Years” after the talks in Hanoi on September 30 between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and UK First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Rabb. Following is the full text of the joint declaration.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed Decree No.23/CT-TTg on strengthening measures to ensure the enforcement of the rights of children and child protection.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented a report summarizing public opinions and petitions during the opening of the eighth session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on October 21.
Voters in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 expressed their concern over education-training, legislation and the use of alcoholics and drug which lead to many traffic accidents during a local meeting with Politburo member and Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made clear several issues under the watch of the Government during a question-and-answer session at the ongoing sixth plenum of the 14th National Assembly on November 1.
Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the municipal People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment.
Many public organisations and NGOs operate in the field of children protection in HCM City but do not work closely with one another, according to experts.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy, the nation’s premier prosecuting agency, has requested changes in the Penal Code to facilitate investigations into and legal proceedings against child sex abuse suspects.
A delegation led by Deputy Minister of Public Security, Sen. Lieut. Gen
Le Quy Vuong attended the We Protect Children Online Summit in London on
December 10-11, an event that rallied a global move in the war against
online child sex abuse.
Representatives from law enforcement agencies in Laos, Cambodia,
Thailand and Vietnam gathered for a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City
on October 30 to look at ways of jointly combating child sex abuse
stemming from the tourist industry.
Sexual abuse of children has been increasing in Vietnam, especially in tourist destinations, but the country's Penal Code lacks a clause directly governing child sex tourism crimes, according to a joint survey from the Ministry of Justice and the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC).
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