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Child rights need to be integrated into socio-economic plans
Child rights need to be integrated into socio-economic plans
25/11/19
It is crucial to incorporate the enforcement
of child rights into socio-economic
plans and State budget allocation, particularly in the next
five years, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong said at a
conference on November 23.
Vietnam has taken specific action programmes to prevent children from being exploited, sexually abused and trafficked and to help them stay away from drugs and crime, she told the conference on comprehensive development policy for children in Hanoi.
Vietnam has multiple legal provisions and provides special care to protect rights of vulnerable children such as orphans, abandoned children, homeless children, children with disabilities and those with HIV, she said.
Phong also emphasised the need to clearly identify the shortcomings and the causes of the shortcomings in enforcing the rights of children and seek solutions to tackle these issues.
Vietnam needs to adopt comprehensive development polices for children aged 0 – 8 and improve legal systems and policies relating juveniles, she added.
Vietnam was the first country in Asia and the second in the world to ratify the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, said Chief Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Rana Flowers.
Vietnam can be proud of what the nation has achieved in enforcing children’s rights, notably incorporating the convention’s provisions and principles into the national laws, policies and programmes, Flowers said.
Over three decades after the convention was ratified, Vietnam has made many achievements in promoting and protecting the rights of children, she noted.
The conference was held by the NA’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children; the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs – the leading agency for child issues; and the UNICEF.
The conference took place as Asia-Pacific countries preparing for the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development in Hanoi from December 4 – 6.
It aimed to raise awareness among policy makers of the threats to young children’s present and future environments, as well as opportunities to protect these environments./.
Vietnam has taken specific action programmes to prevent children from being exploited, sexually abused and trafficked and to help them stay away from drugs and crime, she told the conference on comprehensive development policy for children in Hanoi.
Vietnam has multiple legal provisions and provides special care to protect rights of vulnerable children such as orphans, abandoned children, homeless children, children with disabilities and those with HIV, she said.
Phong also emphasised the need to clearly identify the shortcomings and the causes of the shortcomings in enforcing the rights of children and seek solutions to tackle these issues.
Vietnam needs to adopt comprehensive development polices for children aged 0 – 8 and improve legal systems and policies relating juveniles, she added.
Vietnam was the first country in Asia and the second in the world to ratify the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, said Chief Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam Rana Flowers.
Vietnam can be proud of what the nation has achieved in enforcing children’s rights, notably incorporating the convention’s provisions and principles into the national laws, policies and programmes, Flowers said.
Over three decades after the convention was ratified, Vietnam has made many achievements in promoting and protecting the rights of children, she noted.
The conference was held by the NA’s Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children; the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs – the leading agency for child issues; and the UNICEF.
The conference took place as Asia-Pacific countries preparing for the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development in Hanoi from December 4 – 6.
It aimed to raise awareness among policy makers of the threats to young children’s present and future environments, as well as opportunities to protect these environments./.
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Recently, Vietnamese delegation has attended the 10th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Social Welfare and Development (AMMSWD) on strengthening social protection for vulnerable children in ASEAN in Vientiane, Laos on November 21.
Along with regional efforts, Vietnam has been realising its commitments through many policies for disadvantaged children.
The Vietnamese Government is committed to working with other ASEAN member countries and the international community to promote the enforcement of documents that have been adopted by ASEAN leaders towards inclusive development for all children, with no child left behind.
It's a good idea from Vietnam!
Vietnam has also paid attention to completing legal corridors to ensure the rights, benefits and access of target groups such as the elderly, people with disabilities and children, to basic social services.
The country is working with ASEAN member states to develop an ASEAN declaration on promotion of social work, to be submitted to the ASEAN Summit for approval in 2020.
The government should focus on implementing ASEAN’s agenda on social welfare and protection for vulnerable children, the elderly and disabled people, while reviewing the implementation of the work plan on social welfare and development in 2016-2020, defining prioritized fields and making preparations for building a similar plan for 2021-2025.
We need to reaffirm the importance of encouraging stakeholders’ engagement and a multi-faceted approach at all levels, as well as taking advantage of common strengths, competitive advantages, priorities and available resources to support the most vulnerable and disadvantaged groups of children.
I think we all agree on the importance of incorporating measures in addressing challenges in order to promote social security for children, especially vulnerable children.
Vietnam should build strategies to improve welfare and social security systems through sustainable finance and strategically planning for mobilising resources.
The international community has highly appreciated achievements made by the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children.
Many said the importance of investing in early childhood development has been increasingly recognised by Vietnam, with the issuance of a Party resolution on enhancing the protection, care and health for people in 2017, along with the approval of the Law on Children in 2016.
The Vietnamese Government is in the process of finalising a national integrated early childhood development scheme (national IECD scheme) for 2018-2025.
The country will continue to cooperate with international organizations in preventing child abuse, protecting children from injuries, and aiding children of disadvantaged families, especially in remote, border, sea and island areas, in addition to reducing the proportion of children with disabilities and congenital heart disease.
Fully aware of the importance of ECE, the Party and the State have paid particular attention to ECE and in recent years, issuing many ECE policies, said Nha.
Bravo Vietnam! Let's do it.
Through the universal early childhood education programme for five-year-old children, Vietnam has ensured the right to at least one year pre-primary education for children, which is continued with primary and secondary education.
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