Permanent Deputy Prime Minister NguyenSinh Hung emphasised the Government’s investment in children is aguarantee of the nation’s future.
Hung made thecomment in marking 20 years of Vietnam ’s signing of the UN Conventionon the Rights of the Child on February 23. He pointed out that sincesigning the UN Convention on February 20, 1990, Vietnam has madetireless efforts to improve public awareness on the rights of thechild, harmonise the convention and national law, facilitate Statemanagement and increase investment in the area, and pay increasedattention to the role of children and young people in society.
As a result, the mortality rates among newborns and under-fives werehalved in the past two decades and expanded, large-scale immunisationcampaigns have led to the elimination of polio in 2000 and tetanusamong pregnant mothers and newborns in 2005.
Up to 95 percent of school-aged children can afford schooling while child abuse has been steadily reduced.
Challenges, however, remain on the road towards creating a beautifulworld for Vietnamese children where all their rights are exercised andprotected, Hung admitted.
He cited as major challenges to the rights of the child: Vietnam ’sadvancement towards becoming a middle-income country, the globalfinancial crisis, climate change and the increasing disparity in termsof gender equality among different parts of the country.
Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngancalled for concerted efforts to protect children’s right to live andflourish in a high-quality environment.
She also called for steps to be taken to ensure children’s rights areprotected and that they live in safety as well as to facilitate theirinclusion in social affairs in an effort to make social welfare andservices accessible to all.
It is of primary importance that all opportunities should be fullytapped for children to grow up well and live in a happy environment,Ngan concluded./.
Hung made thecomment in marking 20 years of Vietnam ’s signing of the UN Conventionon the Rights of the Child on February 23. He pointed out that sincesigning the UN Convention on February 20, 1990, Vietnam has madetireless efforts to improve public awareness on the rights of thechild, harmonise the convention and national law, facilitate Statemanagement and increase investment in the area, and pay increasedattention to the role of children and young people in society.
As a result, the mortality rates among newborns and under-fives werehalved in the past two decades and expanded, large-scale immunisationcampaigns have led to the elimination of polio in 2000 and tetanusamong pregnant mothers and newborns in 2005.
Up to 95 percent of school-aged children can afford schooling while child abuse has been steadily reduced.
Challenges, however, remain on the road towards creating a beautifulworld for Vietnamese children where all their rights are exercised andprotected, Hung admitted.
He cited as major challenges to the rights of the child: Vietnam ’sadvancement towards becoming a middle-income country, the globalfinancial crisis, climate change and the increasing disparity in termsof gender equality among different parts of the country.
Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngancalled for concerted efforts to protect children’s right to live andflourish in a high-quality environment.
She also called for steps to be taken to ensure children’s rights areprotected and that they live in safety as well as to facilitate theirinclusion in social affairs in an effort to make social welfare andservices accessible to all.
It is of primary importance that all opportunities should be fullytapped for children to grow up well and live in a happy environment,Ngan concluded./.
