Winners of the award were honoured in a ceremony on April 6 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Winners of the first national press award on children were announced at an ceremony in Hanoi on April 6, honouring journalists and media agencies in all media forms with outstanding contributions in children protection, caring and education in the past one year. At the ceremony, the organization board presented four first prizes, eight second, eight third and 16 consolidation prizes with total value of 136 million VND (nearly 6,000 USD). Launched from June 2017 to March 2018 by the Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’s Rights (VAPCR), the Vietnam Journalist Association (VJA) and Save of Children, the contest received more than 250 works of 100 authors in four media forms of print newspaper, online newspaper, radio and television. The works carry different messages, reflecting the real conditions of children currently, along with outstanding people and activities to help … [Read more...] about Winners of first national press award on children announced
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Children drown in Hà Tĩnh Lake after school
The lake where Nhật and Thông were found drowned. Photo infonet.vnViet Nam News HÀ TĨNH — Two children drowned in the central province of Hà Tĩnh yesterday afternoon. The case has prompted calls for extra classes on swimming in schools. Võ Minh Nhật, 12, and Võ Minh Thông, 10, were found drowned in a lake in the province’s Hương Trà Commune in the mountainous Hương Khê District at around 5pm on Wednesday. Locals commuting past the lake on a nearby path spotted two sets of school uniforms on the bank of the lake but did not see any children. Out of concern, a few of them entered the water, where they discovered the bodies of the children. The children were taken to a local hospital but were declared dead on arrival. Nearby residents said they had seen Nhật and Thông, who were cousins, head towards the lake after school. Commune authorities assisted in transferring the … [Read more...] about Children drown in Hà Tĩnh Lake after school
Tearful reunion highlights plight of China’s missing children
A tearful reunion between parents and their missing daughter after an agonising 24-year search has put a spotlight on the vexed issue of child trafficking and disappearances in China. Wang Mingqing and his wife Liu Dengying, from southwest Sichuan province, lost their three-year-old daughter in 1994 when she vanished after being momentarily left alone at the family's fruit stand. "I looked up and down the street, crossed the bridge, looked everywhere. She was nowhere to be found," Wang told the official Xinhua news agency. The couple gave up their fruit business for several years to focus on their search, soliciting the help of local police and welfare organisations. But the efforts were in vain and their daughter became one of the thousands of children that go missing in China every year, often kidnapped and trafficked by illegal adoption rings. Refusing to give up, Wang became a taxi driver in 2015 in the forlorn hope of one day picking up a passenger who might miraculously turn out … [Read more...] about Tearful reunion highlights plight of China’s missing children
Vietnamese classes opened for children of Vietnam – RoK families
A Vietnamese language course targeting 80 children from Vietnam – Republic of Korea (RoK) families opened at the Seoul Woman Plaza in Seoul on April 1. Scene at the opening event (Photo: VNA) The course was sponsored by the Vietnam Embassy and the Vietnamese Association in the RoK. It was established based on the fact that more than 60,000 out of approximately 170,000 Vietnamese expatriates in the country were women married to Korean men, and most of their children cannot speak their mothers’ native language. Aiming at children aged 6 – 14, the course is set to run classes every Sunday afternoons between April and December on an annual basis. Textbooks used for the course were compiled by the RoK Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Six Vietnamese students who are studying for doctorate/ master degrees at RoK universities and have teaching experiences are in charge of these classes. The students’ mothers voluntarily pay part of the tuition fee, and … [Read more...] about Vietnamese classes opened for children of Vietnam – RoK families
Viettel’s continuous support for children with congenital heart diseases
During the time period, the program, which had attracted the support of over 1,500 sponsors, offered free screening tests to dozens of thousands of children, and provided surgeries for around 4,000 children with serious congenital heart diseases. As planned, the program will give screening tests to around 30,000 kids nationwide and surgeries to approximately 3,000 ones by 2020. The People’s Army Newspaper would like to introduce some images on a typical day of doctors of the program at the hospital of Dak Mil district in Dak Nong province. Children receiving free milk A doctor conducting an ultrasound scan on a child An 8-month old baby receiving a screening test Parents and their children waiting to have their children tested Translated by Trung Thanh … [Read more...] about Viettel’s continuous support for children with congenital heart diseases