Children nationwide will have a chance to voice their opinions on theamendments to the Law on Child Protection, Care and Education at theNational Children’s Forum, slated for August 8-9 in Hanoi.
Co-organised by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) and the National Assembly Committee on Culture,Education, Youth and Children, this year’s event will gather 180children, aged from 10 to 16, from 29 provinces and cities nationwide.
At a press conference on August 1, Nguyen HaiHuu, Director of the MOLISA’s Child Care and Protection Department, saidthat the biennual forum aims to provide a venue for children to expressopinions and expectations on issues related to themselves, and forpolicy makers to hear children’s ideas.
Thefocus of this year’s event will be life safety and entertainment forchildren, measures to prevent child abuse, child marriage and childlabour, as well as measures to ensure the right to access education ofHIV-infected children and those with disabilities, among others.
The children will also be provided with information on how relevantagencies dealt with their recommendations at the 2009 and 2011 forums.
The forum’s participants will meet and talk withleaders of the Party, State, ministries and sectors about issues oftheir concern on the evening of August 9.
InJune and July, thousands of children participated in children’s forumsheld at provinces and cities across the country to discuss achievementsand challenges in child protection and care.-VNA
Co-organised by the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) and the National Assembly Committee on Culture,Education, Youth and Children, this year’s event will gather 180children, aged from 10 to 16, from 29 provinces and cities nationwide.
At a press conference on August 1, Nguyen HaiHuu, Director of the MOLISA’s Child Care and Protection Department, saidthat the biennual forum aims to provide a venue for children to expressopinions and expectations on issues related to themselves, and forpolicy makers to hear children’s ideas.
Thefocus of this year’s event will be life safety and entertainment forchildren, measures to prevent child abuse, child marriage and childlabour, as well as measures to ensure the right to access education ofHIV-infected children and those with disabilities, among others.
The children will also be provided with information on how relevantagencies dealt with their recommendations at the 2009 and 2011 forums.
The forum’s participants will meet and talk withleaders of the Party, State, ministries and sectors about issues oftheir concern on the evening of August 9.
InJune and July, thousands of children participated in children’s forumsheld at provinces and cities across the country to discuss achievementsand challenges in child protection and care.-VNA
