VOV.VN - As the Country of Focus (COF), Vietnam has set up booths introducing local children’s books, special and creative publications, as well as reading devices at the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) which opened in Singapore on May 25.

VOV.VN - Despite the number of deaths from drowning declining over recent years, drowning remains the leading cause of accidental death and injury among both children and adolescents, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

Vietnam will be the Country of Focus (COF) of the 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) as this year marks 50 years of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Singapore.

Vietnamese director Ha Le Diem, 32, and her film Những Đứa Trẻ Trong Sương (Children of the Mist) won Best Asian Film at the first Da Nang Asian Film Festival.

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, who is Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium, wrapped up her three-day visit to Vietnam, which highlighted the Southeast Asian country's significant achievements towards realising child rights as well as the key challenges the most vulnerable children still face.

The issuance of ID cards for children below 14 years old nationwide costs only VND900 billion (US$38.37 million) while saving up to thousands of billions of VND spent on vaccination and health records, health insurance cards, and student ID cards, among others, according to Minister of Public Security Gen. To Lam.

Richard Creagh Schmitt, and his wife, Dabney Schmitt, have spent years carrying out activities in support of Vietnam, especially local children.

The Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Services Administration and the UNICEF Child Protection Programme Division held a working session with leaders of hospitals under the management of the ministry and the Hanoi Health Department to develop social work services and care for the health and protection of children in hospitals.

A total of 67 million children around the world, including nearly 250,000 in Vietnam, missed out on vaccinations between 2019 and 2021, with vaccination coverage levels decreasing in 112 countries, UNICEF warned on April 20 in a new report on immunisation.

VOV.VN - “Những đứa trẻ trong sương” (Children of the Mist) and “Nhà bà Nữ” (The house of no man) have made it to the list of movies which will premiere at the Asian Film Festival (DANAFF) 2023 during the debut event held from May 9 to May 13 in the central city of Da Nang.