A child labour prevention and reduction project has recently been launched in Ho Chi Minh City following approval of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, said the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Vietnam is one of the countries that have actively responded to the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children, and called on all people to join such efforts.
The 2019 Ho Chi Minh City Peace Culture Day was held on December 8 with the message of “For a humane and peaceful society: Let’s join hands to prevent and push back violence and abuse.”
Some 700 students from nine secondary schools in Hanoi attended a ceremony reviewing the "Be Friend" Project to change perceptions and behaviors in preventing and repelling school violence.
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.
Nearly 70 children in the central province of Quang Binh raised their voice on issues regarding child abuse and drowning at a forum in Dong Hoi city on August 7-8.
Vietnam should consider ratifying international commitments on the elimination of violence against migrant women, Elisa Fernandez, head of the UN Women’s Office in Vietnam, has said.
National Assembly deputies and members of the People’s Council of Lai Chau province held a dialogue on June 21 with representatives of children in the northern mountainous province.
Up to 383 National Assembly (NA) deputies (or 79.13 percent) agreed that the NA will supervise the implementation of policies and laws on the prevention and fight against child abuse in 2020.
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.
A campaign entitled “Act for Children” was launched in Hanoi on June 1, the International Children’s Day, with the goal of stopping school violence and child abuse through raising awareness of families, schools and the community.
The ninth working day of the 14th National Assembly’s seventh session, under the chair of National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, was televised nationwide on May 30.
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.
A cooperation agreement on implementing the World Vision International (WVI)’s initiative of ending physical violence against children at home and school was signed between the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) and the humanitarian aid organisation in Hanoi on May 17.
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.
According to statistics by UNESCO in 2017, the number of children and adolescents subject to school violence globally reached 246 million people annually.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held meetings with voters and people in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 26, as part of her trip to acquire voters’ opinions ahead of the 7th session of the National Assembly.
School violence is a pressing issue of not only Vietnam but also many other countries worldwide. What other nations have done to address it? What will Vietnam do to make improvements?
The Prime Minister has questioned the responsibility of ministries, sectors and localities on school violence and directed them not to let such matter become a pressing social issue
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked for taking businesses and people as the centre for development during a national conference between the Government and localities that closed in Hanoi on December 28.
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