Vietnam responds to world day against child labour
A 15-minute football game between teams made of former child labourers
and six players from Vietnam ’s national squad will take place in
Hanoi on June 12 to mark the 11 th World Day Against Child Labour.
A 15-minute football game between teams made of former child labourers
and six players from Vietnam ’s national squad will take place in
Hanoi on June 12 to mark the 11 th World Day Against Child Labour.
The event will be jointly held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Save the Children in Vietnam.
The 2010 World Day Against Child Labour coincides with the football World Cup in South Africa and the “Red Card to Child Labour” campaign will be launched with the slogan “Go for the Goal-End Child Labour.”
At a press briefing in Hanoi on June 7, Deputy Head of Sports General Department under MoCST, Pham Van Tuan, affirmed that the organisation of the match represents Vietnam ’s commitment to end child labour.
Praising Vietnam ’s efforts in eliminating child labour, Country Director of the ILO Vietnam Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard affirmed that the ILO will work together with Vietnam to tackle child labour issues.
“We must all stand together to eliminate child labour in any form,” she said.
Since 2000, ILO and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) have implemented several projects and programmes to support Vietnam to deal with the issue through building national capacity on preventing the worst forms of child labour and child trafficking; setting up database on child labour and building a pilot intervention model for child labour.
The ILO launched a four-year project in March under the name “Project of Support to the Design and Implementation of National Programmes on the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour.”
The 2.5 million EUR project, funded by the Spanish government aims to support 5,000 children and young people involved in the worst forms of child labour in the five selected provinces and cities of Hanoi, Lao Cai, Ninh Binh, Quang Nam and Dong Nai to switch to other suitable jobs.
Vietnam has over the past years made achievements in many fields. However, the development of the market economy causes negative impacts on children, indulging them to social evils, such as prostitution, drug addict, trafficking or sex abuse.
According to the MoLISA, Vietnam has more than 26,000 children who are working in harmful and dangerous environment, accounting for 0.1 percent of the total children nationwide./.
The event will be jointly held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MoCST), the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and Save the Children in Vietnam.
The 2010 World Day Against Child Labour coincides with the football World Cup in South Africa and the “Red Card to Child Labour” campaign will be launched with the slogan “Go for the Goal-End Child Labour.”
At a press briefing in Hanoi on June 7, Deputy Head of Sports General Department under MoCST, Pham Van Tuan, affirmed that the organisation of the match represents Vietnam ’s commitment to end child labour.
Praising Vietnam ’s efforts in eliminating child labour, Country Director of the ILO Vietnam Rie Vejs-Kjeldgaard affirmed that the ILO will work together with Vietnam to tackle child labour issues.
“We must all stand together to eliminate child labour in any form,” she said.
Since 2000, ILO and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) have implemented several projects and programmes to support Vietnam to deal with the issue through building national capacity on preventing the worst forms of child labour and child trafficking; setting up database on child labour and building a pilot intervention model for child labour.
The ILO launched a four-year project in March under the name “Project of Support to the Design and Implementation of National Programmes on the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour.”
The 2.5 million EUR project, funded by the Spanish government aims to support 5,000 children and young people involved in the worst forms of child labour in the five selected provinces and cities of Hanoi, Lao Cai, Ninh Binh, Quang Nam and Dong Nai to switch to other suitable jobs.
Vietnam has over the past years made achievements in many fields. However, the development of the market economy causes negative impacts on children, indulging them to social evils, such as prostitution, drug addict, trafficking or sex abuse.
According to the MoLISA, Vietnam has more than 26,000 children who are working in harmful and dangerous environment, accounting for 0.1 percent of the total children nationwide./.
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