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Vietnam celebrates the World Day Against Child Labour 2019
Vietnam celebrates the World Day Against Child Labour 2019
12/6/19
The World Day Against Child Labour will be observed today (Wednesday, 12 June) to raise awareness about the plight of child labourers worldwide. Hundreds of children drop out of school every year to help their parents earn a livelihood. The more unfortunate ones are forced into child labour by organised crime rackets, while many others never get to see a school because of extreme poverty.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour in 2002 to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them.
Viet Nam has laid the foundation for effective and sustainable action against child labour. In November 2000, the Government of Viet Nam ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) , and in 2003 the Government ratified the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) . Ratifications signalled to the international community Viet Nam’s commitment and determination to urgently undertake time-bound measures for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in the country.
Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said the Vietnamese Government has committed to tackling child labour via the issuance of laws and policies on prevention and minimization of child labour.
The effort looks forward to the active participation of State agencies, businesses, trade unions, social organizations, families, and communities, she said.Viet Nam has laid the foundation for effective and sustainable action against child labour. In November 2000, the Government of Viet Nam ratified the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) , and in 2003 the Government ratified the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) . Ratifications signalled to the international community Viet Nam’s commitment and determination to urgently undertake time-bound measures for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in the country.
Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha said the Vietnamese Government has committed to tackling child labour via the issuance of laws and policies on prevention and minimization of child labour.
She added that the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is working with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in making the second national survey on child labour in order to provide a full and accurate picture and data on the situation in the country.
Participating children engaged in exchange activities and drawing paintings to raise people’s awareness of child labour.
They altogether made a tree of dreams delivering their wishes for all children to attend school, to not work to make a living at early age, to be loved and cared in families and at school, among others.
According to the ILO, 152 million children are still in child labour worldwide today. Child labour occurs in almost all sectors, yet 7 out of every 10 of these children are working in agriculture./.
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Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams. Yet today, 152 million children are still in child labour. Although child labour occurs in almost every sector, seven out of every ten is in agriculture.
Viet Nam established a strong legal framework, aligned to a great extent with international labour standards, and implemented a number of programmes and projects to counter child labour nationally and locally.
Keeping children in school and receiving a good education until at least the minimum age of employment will determine the whole life of a child.
National policies should be directed towards removing young people from hazardous jobs or towards removing the hazards in the workplace.
The Vietnamese government has made remarkable efforts in the fight against child labor, especially its worst forms, by harmonizing the national legal framework with the international labor standards and improving the basic education system.
The day brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society as well as millions of people to highlight the plight of child labourers and measures to help them.
Vietnam has proved its commitments of protecting and promoting children's rights!
On this World Day, we also look forward towards UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7 set by the international community calling for an end to child labour in all its forms by 2025.
019 also marks 20 years since the adoption of the ILO's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). With only a few countries still to ratify, this Convention is close to universal ratification.
We need to say that all work is not considered child labour. Activities that contribute to the positive development of children like doing their share of household chores or earning pocket money in the summer are not to be targeted for elimination.
Children are the future of the world. However, when they are forced into labour, their mental and physical growth is impeded. The child is unable to go to school and is deprived of his/her right to education. This is only one of the many fundamental rights that gets violated when a child is forced to work.
Vietnam has managed to prevent, reduce child labour by many efforts, namely completing law, policies and implementation of the programs, projects from the central level to localities.
Vietnam has promulgated a number of regulations and carried out many solutions to prevent child labour and realise the Sustainable Development Goals, including Target 8.7 of eradicating forced labour, ending modern slavery and human trafficking, and securing the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour.
Child labour is currently a global issue. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that there are about 152 million child labourers in the world at present.
Việt Nam established a strong legal framework, aligned to a great extent with international labour standards, and implemented a number of programmes and projects to counter child labour nationally and locally.
Child labour has harmful effects on children’s health and psychological development, limits their school attendance and inhibits their transition to decent productive work.
As Việt Nam is now deepening its global integration through free trade deals including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and EU-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement, the implementation of international commitments on labour, including child labour in supply chains, will receive more attention.
The ILO appreciates the Vietnamese Government’s important step forward of issuing the Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2016-20 period.
We will always be by the side of our Vietnamese partners in the promoting the effective implementation of the programme.
Building on the achievements to date, the project is making particular efforts to address child labour in some of priority sectors such as garment, handicrafts, agriculture and fishery sectors. In partnership with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, the project engages with a wide range of Government organizations, social partners and civil society in its implementation to build a comprehensive and efficient multi-stakeholder response for the prevention and reduction of child labour in Viet Nam.
Viva Vietnam!
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