The Covid-19 pandemic has made people depend more on the Internet,with its benefits and drawbacks. The children, the most vulnerable in the virtual world, should be equipped with sufficient knowledge to protect themselves from these negativities.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 22 met with 263 children representing all 54 ethnic groups across the country who are in Hanoi for the fourth Ethnic Children’s Festival.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh and leaders of HCMC handed over 100 scholarships worth VND2 billion in total to children of officers and soldiers of the city’s armed forces on September 11.
Deputy Director of the HCMC Department of Education and Training, Duong Tri Dung suggested leaders of educational facilities strictly implement Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control measures in order to ensure safety in schools in the 2022-2023 academic year.
More than 165,000 children aged under 18 years got the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, and booster doses during the two-week-long vaccination campaign starting from the beginning of August, Assoc.Prof.PhD. Tang Chi Thuong, Director of the municipal Health Department said on August 17.
About 490,000 children in Vietnam were confirmed to have contracted the Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.
The Ministry of Information and Technology is collecting suggestions for the essential draft Code of Conduct to protect children on the cyber environment, considering that this virtual space possesses both useful information and harmful content to the young.
Two siblings from District 10 in Ho Chi Minh City lost their parents who died from Covid-19, and three days later, their paternal grandfather passed away after contracting Covid-19.
Babies with mothers infected with Covid-19, born between April 27 and December 31, 2021, will be provided with VND1 million (US$44) each, according to the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).
In his document to chairpersons of people's committees in cities and provinces, the Minister of Public Security, the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the implementation of social security policies to take care of vagabonds during the ongoing social distancing mandate in localities.
Children, adolescents and young people living in Vietnam, aged between 8 and 18, have been invited to take part in a “green challenge” organised by UNICEF and partners.
The National Children Hospital yesterday announced to officially operate telemedicine to help grass root medicine centers in treating dangerous diseases amongst children.
Kindergartens and primary students in Hanoi will have days off schools if the air quality index (AQI) hits 300 and above, equivalent to hazardous levels, said the People’s Committee in Hanoi yesterday.
A creative comic contest "Save the Earth - Children create superhero to fight against natural disasters and climate change" for children aged from 10-15 years is organized by UNICEF Vietnam, Vietnam Disaster Management Authority-Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (VDMA) and the National Young Pioneer Council (NYPC).
Head of the Preventive Medicine Department Professor Tran Dac Phu yesterday denied the information that ComBe Five vaccine will be suspended following vaccine-related deaths and side-effects
Organ transplant technique for children has been used in Vietnam since 2004; yet until now, the number of young patients being treated is still quite low. Healthcare experts have attributed this issue to the scarcity of donated organs, which to some extent results from unsuitable legal regulations.
