Institute of child protection studies

The new emergency telephone number for child protection, 111, is expected to be put in use in December to receive calls and timely address children’s safety across the country. - Photo plo.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – The new emergency telephone number for child protection, 111, is expected to become operational in December. This number has been approved as the national child protection hotline by the Ministry of Information and Communications. “This number has the advantage of being convenient in communication, especially for child sex abuse, exploitation and trafficking, and is easy to remember for dialing," Nguyễn Công Hiệu, deputy director of the Centre for Consultation and Communication Services of the Childcare and Protection Department under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), said. People who call the hotline will not have to pay phone call and consultancy fees. There will be three consulting centres in the cities of Hà Nội and Đà … [Read more...] about New helpline for child protection to be launched

Review seminar held to protect, study constitution (23-03-2005) NGHE AN — A National Assembly Standing Committee commission held a seminar yesterday in Vinh City to review the country’s efforts in recent years to protect and abide by Viet Nam’s constitution. In addition to reviewing Viet Nam’s performance, the seminar participants also drew on experiences from other countries to draw proposals for the protection of the constitution for a socialist nation governed by law. Speaking at the seminar, NA Deputy Chairman Nguyen Van Yeu emphasised that enforcing the constitution to ensure its supreme role in the legal system was necessary to protect one of the basic principles of a socialist Viet Nam governed by the law of the people, for the people and by the people. He said Viet Nam has a comprehensive system of regulations to ensure that the Government and the people abide by the constitution. Also at the seminar, many experts delivered speeches analysing the … [Read more...] about Review seminar held to protect, study constitution

Illustrative Image phapluatplus.vn By Thu Trang HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Bích Ngọc, a junior high school student in Hà Nội, started to use a smartphone when she was a 6th grader. Seeing most of her classmates use Facebook, Ngọc (not her real name, to protect her privacy) managed to set up an account for herself. Facebook regulates that people can set up an account only when they are over 13 years old, but Ngọc simply lied and said she was older than she was, because “no one inspected it”, she said. Being free to make friends with everybody around the world, Ngọc was happy when her friend list reached thousands of people. “I did not know most of the people on my friend list in real life,” she said. Ngọc has shared a lot of her information on her Facebook, although she does not know the identities of her friends, nor where they are. “For a time, I used to neglect my studying because I spent so much time taking photographs, posting them up, counting likes and answering … [Read more...] about Joining hands to protect children on the internet

The revised Law on Child Protection, Care and Education will be voted on this Tuesday, during the ongoing final meeting of the 13th National Assembly. Much attention has been focused on raising the legal age of a child in Việt Nam from 16 to 18. Việt Nam News spoke to child specialists about this issue. Youssouf Abdel-Jelil, UNICEF Representative to Việt Nam A child is any person under 18 years of age. This is the definition given by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It’s also the definition agreed by all but a handful of States in the world. Việt Nam is a pioneer globally in upholding child rights. Vietnamese global leadership on child rights was reaffirmed with Directive No 20, issued by the Politburo of the Central Committee in 2012, which strengthened care, education, and protection of children. Using 18 as the age to define a child does not mean that 18 must be legislated as the age for all matters relating to children. Recognizing that … [Read more...] about Revised Child Law: pioneering child rights

A dialogue held in HCM City discusses the responsibilities of local government, police, families, media and social organisations in child care and protection. – Illustration photo www.24h.com.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY – HCM City’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to submit a report to the city’s People’s Committee on the best ways to protect children and help them live in a safe, healthy and inclusive environment. Đặng Hoa Nam, director of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs’ Department of Child Care and Protection , said the focus would be on protecting two million children under 16 years old, 550,000 children under six years old, 400 children with disabilities, 100 orphans, and thousands of disadvantaged children, as well as children who receive allowances in HCM City under official social assistance policies. Nam spoke at a dialogue on child care and protection on Wednesday held by the city’s Department of Labour, … [Read more...] about HCM City takes steps to protect children’s rights

Children in the northern province of Điện Biên enjoy playing during summer vacation. Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc said that organisations and authorities at local levels should pay attention to protecting children. All regulations and laws on protecting the children and preventing violence and abuse against them must be implemented strictly.— VNA/VNS Photo Phan Tuấn Anh Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Protecting and caring for children and creating a healthy environment for them is a focus for sustainable and long-term development of Viet Nam, according to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. The PM made the statement yesterday in Hà Nội while chairing a national online conference on protecting children against violence, abuse and harm to their health and lives. As many as 18,000 representatives joined the conference. “It is the responsibility of the whole political system, from the central to local levels, from every community and every family,” he said. Ministry of Labour, … [Read more...] about Whole political system join hand in protecting children

Children are flying kites along Tân Hóa - Lò Gốm Canal in HCM City.— Photo tuoitre.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Network service providers and individuals are required to get permission from parents, guardians and children above the age of seven before publishing private information of any child on the internet from July 1. The request follows Government Decree No. 56/2017/NĐ-CP, recently signed by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. According to the decree, private information of a child, including name, age, identifying characteristics and health status, as well as images, home address and school, must be protected. The move aims to better protect children, avoid child abuse and ensure private information of children it not published on internet. Parents, guardians, and children above seven can ask network service providers to immediately delete all related images and private information of a child on the internet. The decree also requested … [Read more...] about Children’s protection: Network providers to follow new rules

Over 100 participants attended a forum held yesterday in Hà Nội to discuss and gain a greater understanding of Việt Nam’s legal framework addressing child sexual exploitation, with a particular focus on child sex tourism.— Photo qdnd.com.vn HÀ NỘI — Over 100 participants attended a forum held yesterday in Hà Nội to discuss and gain a greater understanding of Việt Nam’s legal framework addressing child sexual exploitation, with a particular focus on child sex tourism. The consultation workshop on the finalisation of the “Child Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism – An Analysis of Domestic Legal Framework” was held by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) in partnership with Việt Nam Ministry of Justice (MoJ). On top of discussions, participants sought to formulate a productive and effective critique of and recommendations for the Vietnamese legal framework. To examine the extent to which domestic … [Read more...] about Workshop on child sex tourism held in Hà Nội discusses laws

HCM City issues new policy on child abuse, with new hotline numbers for victims and their families. —Photo: molisa.gov.vn Viet Nam News HCM CITY — HCM City’s Department of Home Affairs has outlined a new policy on the prevention and handling of child abuse cases which includes new hotlines for victims and their families. The hotlines are 111, 113, 1900.54.55.59 or 1800.90.59. Victims and families can also directly contact the People’s Committee of districts and wards, as well as the police. Within two hours after receiving the information, the person in charge must check the authenticity of the information and report it to the People’s Committee. The People’s Committee will then send the child to the hospital for emergency medical examinations and treatment. The hospital will send the initial diagnostics to the People’s Committee two hours after receiving the child. After that, the chairman of the People’s Committee will petition for prosecution, with documents and … [Read more...] about HCM City opens hotlines for child abuse victims, families

Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Đào Ngọc Dzung. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — The quality of human resources in Việt Nam is still poor, which leads to low labour productivity, said Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Đào Ngọc Dzung in the National Assembly question and answer session yesterday afternoon. The minister answered NA deputies’ questions about the situation of the labour market, job creation and training, child care and child abuse prevention. “The main reason for the low quality of human resources is that training has not caught up with the economic restructuring process,” he said. At present, agricultural production accounts for 15.34 per cent of the country’s GDP while industrial production is over 33.34 per cent. But by April this year, agricultural labourers accounted for 38.6 per cent of the labour structure, Dzung said. Besides, job training is inadequate to ensure labourers’ basic … [Read more...] about Labour quality low, child abuse rampant: Minister