The Department of Maternal and Child Health under Ministry of Health has called on provincial and municipal health departments nationwide to step up measures to protect children in the online environment, ensuring timely prevention and handling of abuse and exploitation cases.

The Vietnamese Embassy in China hosted an exchange on August 6, welcoming a delegation of Chinese children from across the nation as part of the “witnesses to friendship” programme organised by the Home and Abroad News Press of Hong Kong.

Children are now eligible for health insurance coverage for medical examinations and treatments related to refractive errors and strabismus (crossed eyes), thanks to new regulations under the revised Law on Health Insurance.

The Vietnam Education Publishing House, in collaboration with the Chilean Embassy in Vietnam, has officially launched the classic Chilean children's series Papelucho.

VOV.VN - A diplomat voiced Vietnam’s strong condemnation of all acts of violence against children and called for an immediate end to violations of children’s rights in armed conflict, during a United Nations Security Council debate on June 25.

The Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Hospital in partnership with Operation Smile and the General Hospital of Ba Vi district launched a free surgical programme for underprivileged children with deformities on June 3.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the northern midland province of Phu Tho launched the Action Month for Children 2025 themed “Prioritizing Resources to Achieve Goals for Children,” in Phu Tho on May 31.

Fetal intervention specialists and pediatric cardiologists from Tu Du Hospital and Children's Hospital 1 on May 28 successfully performed a complex in-utero heart intervention on a Singaporean woman's 22-week-old fetus diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, in coordination with the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs, on May 5 visited and presented gifts to children with disabilities at the Centre for Rehabilitation and Assistance for Disable Children in Ho Chi Minh City, as part of the UN Day of Vesak 2025.

One in every five children in Vietnam suffers from childhood stunting, meaning their height-for-age is below the WHO’s Child Growth Standards.