The Ho Chi Minh City Communist Youth Union will present more than 2,000 gifts worth over 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to disadvantaged local children on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi will organise a programme on May 30 and 31 that helps children explore Southeast Asia, to mark International Children’s Day on June 1.
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.
It is crucial to incorporate the enforcement of child rights into socio-economic plans and State budget allocation, particularly in the next five years, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong said at a conference on November 23.
The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia participated in an international charity bazaar held on November 19 by the Association of Spouses of Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Malaysia (SOHOM).
The non-governmental organisation Zhi-shan Foundation Taiwan of China’s Taiwan and the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of the central province of Quang Binh inaugurated a library at a local school on October 1.
Choi Si-won, a member of the boy’s group Super Junior of the Republic of Korea, will join UNICEF’s #StopBullying campaign in Vietnam, which looks to raise awareness of young people on bullying and to engage them on how to develop solutions to end this problem.
It was on August 10, 1961, that the US military first sprayed Agent Orange in Vietnam. 58 years have passed, yet the tragic legacy left behind by the toxic defoliant remains indelible.
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba’s Central Committee Raul Castro Ruz, and President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel attended the inauguration of a Vietnam-Cuba Friendship School in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba on April 23.
A place where hundreds of Agent Orange victims have called home will soon close, and so far for those who are there now, they have nowhere else to live.
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long is carrying out a programme to give children with disabilities better access to community-based protection, care and education services during 2019-2025.
The Japanese government on February 25 organised a signing ceremony to provide non-refundable aid worth a total of more than 300,000 USD for two ongoing projects in Vietnam.
Choi Young-sook, a Korean woman in her 60s with a doctorate degree in audiology, has been dedicating her time to students with disabilities in Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong over the past eight years.
Choi Young-sook, a Korean woman in her 60s with a doctorate degree in audiology, has been dedicating her time to students with disabilities in Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong over the past eight years.
Choi Young-sook, a Korean woman in her 60s with a doctorate degree in audiology, has been dedicating her time to students with disabilities in Da Lat city in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong.
People with disabilities account for 2 percent of Vietnam’s population from the age of two upwards, equaling approximately 6.2 million people, according to a national survey released on January 11.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a national project designed to give children with disabilities better access to community-based protection, care and education services from 2018 – 2025.
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