Vietnam has conducted numerous activities to respond to the International Day of the Girl Child 2022 (October 11), which is themed “Our time is now-our rights, our future”.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam has conducted numerousactivities to respond to the International Day of the Girl Child 2022 (October11), which is themed “Our time is now-our rights, our future”.
In mid-September, the General Office for Population andFamily Planning under the Ministry of Health issued a dispatch guidingcommunications activities on the day. Accordingly, thisyear, the day in Vietnam will be themed “promoting gender equality contributesto reducing sex imbalance at birth”.
Communications activities have focused on popularising thepolicy and laws of the Party and State regarding gender equality and theprotection of children such as the Law on Gender Equality, the Law on DomesticViolence Prevention and Control, and the Law on Marriage and Family, aiming to enhancepublic awareness of the improvement of role and position of girl child andwomen in general, especially in families with all children being girls.
At the same time, legal regulations banning sex selection byparents and relevant punishments have also been popularised, along with the realsituation, reasons and consequences of sex imbalance at birth, thus improvingthe public awareness and changing outdated perceptions on gender equality.
On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assemblyadopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of theGirl Child, to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls facearound the world.
The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention onthe need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowermentand the fulfilment of their human rights.
According to the SustainableDevelopment Goals Report 2021, up to 10 million girls will be at risk of childmarriage. The profound effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are putting girls at a higher risk of early marriage due to a combination of economic shocks, schoolclosures and interruptions in reproductive health services.
Girls are primarily victims of sexual exploitation (72% ofdetected girl victims), while boys are mainly subjected to forced labour (66%of detected boy victims), it said./.
A ceremony was held in the north central province of Thanh Hoa on October 9 in response to International Day of the Girl Child (October 11), focusing on the theme of no sex discrimination and no selection of unborn babies.
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Throughout its 80-year history, the VNA has remained at the forefront of information dissemination. It has consistently delivered timely, accurate, and objective reports on both domestic and international events, serving the Party’s leadership, the State’s management, and the public’s demand for official news.
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In recent years, with strong support from the Party and State, and building on its tradition as a heroic news agency, the VNA has not only actively participated in OANA but also proactively proposed various ideas for cooperation, helping shape a fresh image of effective media collaboration in the digital era, said VNA General Director Vu Viet Trang.
Illustrative image (Source: isocert.org.vn) 
