Society

Website launched to augment child online protection efforts

The Vietnam Network for Child Online Protection (VN-COP) recently debuted its website, aiming to popularise child online protection skills and knowledge and receive child abuse reports.
Website launched to augment child online protection efforts ảnh 1The website was launched by the Authority of Information Security. (Photo: hanoimoi.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The VietnamNetwork for Child Online Protection (VN-COP) recently debuted its website,aiming to popularise child online protection skills and knowledge and receive childabuse reports.

The website, vn-cop.vn, waslaunched by the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Informationand Communications (MIC).

VN-COP gathers 24 units,including representatives of the MIC, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids andSocial Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Education andTraining, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, along with associations,businesses, and domestic and foreign organisations specialised in child onlineprotection.

In the “Opinion Expression”section, users, including children, can raise their voice while State agenciescan take their opinions into account in policymaking so as to meet aspirations ofthe public, especially children.

Updated information about internetsafety for children in Vietnam and the world, as well as new technologiesdeveloped for keeping children safe online can be found in the “News”.

Meanwhile, the “Tools”section provides useful tools and software for children to engage in healthyinteractions on the internet.

Apart from the hotline 111 ofthe Child Affairs Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs, users can also send child abuse reports via this website. VN-COP willlatter verify the reports and take response measures.

The website launch is a stepto carry out the Prime Minister’s Decision issued on June 1last year on protecting and assisting children to have healthy and creativeinteractions on the internet during 2021 - 2025./.
VNA
#Vietnam Network for Child Online Protection #child online protection #child abuse #Authority of Information Security #Ministry of Information and Communications #internet safety #updated Vietnam news #Vietnamplus #Vietnam News Agency
Follow VietnamPlus

Related News

Vietnamese children should be taught how to use Internet safely

Vietnamese children should be taught how to use Internet safely

As children take a lot of online lessons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are vulnerable to exposure to numerous risks such as violent content, bullying and fake news. Therefore, teaching children how to use the Internet safely is now more imperative than ever.
Legislators convene session on child abuse

Legislators convene session on child abuse

The National Assembly (NA)’s committees for culture-education, justice, and social affairs on February 22 convened a session to discuss and put forth solutions for violence against children that shocked the public recently.

See more

The remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in different periods in Laos’ Savannakhet province, are repatriated following a handover ceremony at the Lao Bao (Vietnam's Quang Tri province) - Densavan (Savannakhet) international border gate on May 21. (Photo: VNA)

Remains of Vietnamese fallen soldiers, experts repatriated from Laos

The remains of 12 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts, who laid down their lives in different periods in Laos’ Savannakhet province, were repatriated following a handover ceremony on May 21. They will be re-buried at the Road 9 National Martyrs Cemetery in Vietnam's central province of Quang Tri on May 22.

A veteran offers incense at the war martyrs’ cemetery in Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. (Photo: VNA)

Nghe An reburies martyrs' remains repatriated from Laos

Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Phung Thanh Vinh said that carrying a noble international duty, many Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts heroically joined Lao people in their struggle for national liberation and independence. Many of them sacrificed their lives in the country, including more than 12,000 soldiers laying down in the three provinces of Xaysomboun, Vientiane, and Xiangkhouang.

Caring for the material and spiritual life of the people - such as poverty reduction, access to education and healthcare services - is a concrete expression of the policy of placing people at the core and as the subject of socio-economic development. (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)

📝OP-ED: When people placed at centre of development

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam emphasised: “People are placed at the centre as the main subject in order to realise visions. People are considered the centre, the objective, and the driving force of all policies and actions at all levels.”

The Vietnamese delegation wins two second prizes, one third prize, three fourth prizes, and four special awards granted by sponsors at ISEF 2025. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnam obtains best-ever achievements at ISEF

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the Vietnamese delegation won two second prizes, one third prize, three fourth prizes, and four special awards granted by sponsors.

Secretary of the Bu Dang district Party Committee and Head of the Steering Committee for Eliminating Dilapidated Housing, Vu Luong (fourth from right), performs the ribbon-cutting ceremony to hand over a new house to a disadvantaged household. (Photo: VNA)

19 localities eradicate substandard houses

Four more provinces have announced the completion of efforts to eliminate makeshift and dilapidated housing, bringing the total number of localities achieving this milestone to 19 out of 63 nationwide, according to the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.