Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam made the statement at a ceremony to launch a programme to teach children and adults how to swim and avoid the dangers posed by water, which was organised in Hanoi, May 19.

Vietnam aims to raise the number of children being taught how to swim by 40 percent by 2020.

Deputy PM Dam said that since 2016, only 1,000 out of the 50,000 schools nationwide had taught their students how to swim and avoid drowning.

Only 1,000 out of 11,000 communes had implemented the programme to teach more people how to swim and to prevent child drowning.

A report from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs showed that from 2010-15, more than 3,000 children died from drowning per year due to a lack of swimming skills, poor supervision and natural disasters.

Decision 234/QD-TTg issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 5, 2016 states that by 2020, the number of child deaths from drowning must be cut by at least six percent from 2015. The number of children being taught how to swim must increase by 40 percent.

National Action Month for Children to be launched in June

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 Children's Day, said the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

 

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. 

 

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