The annual action month this year will be launched across the country under the theme of “Joining hands for poor and ethnic children”. Activities in the month aim to provide support for poor children and those of ethnic groups and create equal development chances for every child, among others.

A ceremony to launch the National Action Month for Children 2019 is scheduled to take place in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on June 1.

The MoLISA ordered authorities and relevant agencies to devise plans to implement the month in respective localities. They are also asked to enhance communication activities to raise public awareness of laws and policies for the children as well as against child marriage, dropout and abuse.

In addition, organisations and individuals are called on to donate for the National Fund for Vietnamese Children to finance meals and construction of school facilities and entertainment zones, along with scholarships and medical checkups for them.

Localities are required to conduct regular checks in places with the risk of child drowning and traffic accidents, and devise measures to prevent such incidents.

Notably, in the month, localities nationwide will arrange forums to receive recommendations and initiatives for better realisation of children’s rights, with the participation of disadvantaged and ethnic children.

The annual month has been organised on the basis of the Law on Children issued in 2016. It is launched each June to urge the community to take care of and educate and protect the children.

Vietjet, Youth Theatre wing artistic dreams of children

New-age airlines Vietjet has teamed up with Youth Theatre to organize a special art project “Flying dreams”, following the success of “Flying dreams” series last summer.

 

MOLISA minister presents gifts to disadvantaged children

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung visited and presented gifts to disadvantaged children at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Xa Dan secondary school in Hanoi on May 9 on the occasion of the National Action Month for Children. 

 

Project to improve ethnic minority children’s access to education

A project designed to help girls, especially those in ethnic minority areas, get access to education, was launched by UNESCO in Hanoi on April 25. 

 

Scholarships presented to special difficult children

(BGO) – The Children Protection Foundation (CPF) in the northern province of Bac Giang has handed over 32 sponsorial scholarships and gifts in cash to the children living in special difficult circumstances, each worth over 2.1 million VND (90 USD).

 

Thousands of Nam Dinh children to get free heart checks

Children under 16 years of age in the northern province of Nam Dinh will get free heart checks on April 6-7 within the framework of an annual programme jointly implemented by the Nam Dinh Children’s Hospital, the Central Children’s Hospital, and the military communications group Viettel.

 

Source: VNA