The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in coordination with the Hanoi People’s Committee, on May 27 launched the action month for children 2017.
The action month for children 2017 was launched in Hanoi on May 27 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) –The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, in coordination with theHanoi People’s Committee, on May 27 launched the action month for children 2017.
The month-long campaignis intended to promote the enforcement of the Law on Children as well as preventingand combating violence against children and child abuse.
Addressing the launchceremony, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh urged centrally-run ministries,sectors, organizations and local administrations to actively increase publicawareness of the 2016 Law on Children and its guiding documents and strictlyobserve the Prime Minister’s instruction on taking drastic measures to preventand combat violence against children as well as child abuse.
Thinh asked competentagencies to focus on providing teachers, babysitters, parents and other familymembers with knowledge and skills to protect children and prevent child abuse.Children themselves should also be given knowledge and self-defence skills, shesaid.
Meanwhile, Minister ofLabour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung voiced his hope that adults,especially parents, would say “no” to violence against children and childabuse.
The minister alsoasked relevant agencies to promote the popularisation of the Law on Childrenand strictly punish child abusers.
The action month forchildren will take place from June 1-30 with the aim of encouraging peoplecreate a safer environment for children, keeping them away from violence andabuse.
A national hotline,18001567, will be available to receive any report on such behaviours.-VNA
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The action month for children 2017 was launched in Hanoi on May 27 (Photo: VNA) 
