While strides are being made to ensure safety for women and children, more still needs to be done, heard a workshop held by the Vietnam Women's Union in Hanoi on November 26.
The Ministry of Public Security, the EU and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) co-organised a training workshop in Hoa Binh province on October 24, aiming to raise public awareness of the prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking.
Vietnam’s socio-economic situation has shown positive signs with the economy maintaining growth momentum in the first months of 2019, according to Nguyen Duc Kien, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA)’s Economics Committee.
The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 1 to launch the “Action for Children” campaign at the start of summer.
The National Committee for Children will send working teams to two ministries and sectors and 7 cities and provinces in June to inspect the enforcement of children’s rights and children protection work.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan made clear a lot of issues raised by voters in An Cu ward, Ninh Kieu district, in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho, during her meeting with them on April 25.
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs held a conference on April 23 to gather ideas for a project to better prevent child labour in 2019-2020.
Experts exchanged expertise in preventing and prosecuting child sexual abuse cases at a workshop held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 20.
Director of Department of Child Affairs under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dang Hoa Nam has said the ranking results on child sexual abuse in Vietnam are not transparent
Statistics showed as many as 2,000 cases of child abuse recorded each year in Vietnam, including 1,500 molestations. More drastic measures should be taken to strictly deal with violations.
A number of queries about measures to address child sexual abuse were put to Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung at the question-and-answer (Q&A) session of the 14th National Assembly’s fifth meeting in Hanoi on June 5.
A group of experts has been set up to advise the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) in legal and psychological matters related to the protection of girls and women.
A project to create a brighter future for disadvantaged children and youths in central Thua Thien-Hue province was launched during a workshop in Hue City on December 14.
Legislators debated the fight against crimes and law violations, judgment execution and anti-corruption at the fourth sitting of the 14th National Assembly (NA) on November 6.
A painting and sculpture exhibition on social issues such as child sexual abuse and environmental protection has opened in the HCM City Fine Arts Museum.
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.
Six renowned mothers in Vietnamese showbiz will join hands in a musical project launched by songwriter-singer Trang Phap to protest child sexual abuse.