A national strategy on clean water supply and sanitation in rural areas by 2030 with a vision to 2045 was announced on December 22 by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Vietnam.

The Italy – Vietnam Cultural Bridge Association in Italy and the Vietnamese community in Cyprus have raised EUR5,000 in support of Vietnamese children who lost their parents to COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The morning of December 10 saw Vietnam surpass the milestone of injecting 130 million COVID-19 vaccines doses nationwide, according to data released by the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam will work to improve nutritional status of under five-year old children who are stunned, especially those in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son said at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit held virtually in Japan on December 7-8.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 5 asked the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to examine the possibility of giving children aged 5 and above vaccine shots against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Health confirmed on December 1 that it has suspended COVID-19 vaccinations for two batches of shelf-life Pfizer vaccines that had extended expiration dates.

Children must be placed at an important position during the process of developing human resources for national development, said Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan.

Fourteen Vietnamese nationals trafficked to Myanmar were brought home on November 21.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang on November 20 kick-started a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged 12 to 15.

VOV.VN - Hanoi capital will vaccinate high school students against COVID-19 as soon as it receive vaccines from the Ministry of Health in one or two days, said Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh.