The International Labour Organisation in Vietnam on June 11 launchedthe campaign “ Red Card to Child Labour” to push for the elimination ofchild labour, which still exists in many countries across the world.
Markingthe World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, the campaign uses thesymbol of the red card in football as the World Cup 2014 is to open inBrazil on June 13.
Striker Le Cong Vinh of Vietnam’s nationalfootball team joined famous players and many celebrities all over theworld in the global campaign.
According to ILO, there are over168 million child labourers worldwide. More than half of them are doingwork that puts their health and safety at risk.
Statistics of asurvey by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, theGeneral Statistics Office and the ILO in Vietnam in 2013 showed that therate of child labourer in Vietnam in 2013 was lower than the world’saverage.
In Vietnam, almost all child labourers are living inrural areas and working in agriculture sector without pay to aid theirfamily. About one-third of them, or nearly 569,000 have to work 42 hoursper week, causing negative impacts to their study.
GyorgySziraczki, Director of ILO in Vietnam affirmed the need to raise publicawareness of the issue, saying that this plays an important role infighting against child labour.
He said no single solution cansolve the problem and called for joint efforts from policy makers,employers and families, in which an effective social security systemwill play an important role.-VNA
Markingthe World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, the campaign uses thesymbol of the red card in football as the World Cup 2014 is to open inBrazil on June 13.
Striker Le Cong Vinh of Vietnam’s nationalfootball team joined famous players and many celebrities all over theworld in the global campaign.
According to ILO, there are over168 million child labourers worldwide. More than half of them are doingwork that puts their health and safety at risk.
Statistics of asurvey by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, theGeneral Statistics Office and the ILO in Vietnam in 2013 showed that therate of child labourer in Vietnam in 2013 was lower than the world’saverage.
In Vietnam, almost all child labourers are living inrural areas and working in agriculture sector without pay to aid theirfamily. About one-third of them, or nearly 569,000 have to work 42 hoursper week, causing negative impacts to their study.
GyorgySziraczki, Director of ILO in Vietnam affirmed the need to raise publicawareness of the issue, saying that this plays an important role infighting against child labour.
He said no single solution cansolve the problem and called for joint efforts from policy makers,employers and families, in which an effective social security systemwill play an important role.-VNA
