Children

Tran Thi Hoa from Tan Thanh Village said sometimes she wanted to stop her treatment so she wouldn't be a burden to the family. Both Hoa and her husband, Tran Van Thin, were healthy and worked hard to support their family. However, in August 2018, Thin fell while fixing the roof and suffered from traumatic brain injuries. Thin has been bed-bound since then and can hardly recognise his surroundings. He has to depend on his wife for everything. In May, Hoa was diagnosed with breast cancer. Hoa said she nearly fainted after thinking about her husband and children's future. "My husband is bed-bound. My eldest child is in 12th grade and the youngest is 8 years old. If I become seriously ill and can't work anymore, what will become of us?" she said. "Sometimes I want to stop my treatment because I don't want to left huge debts to my children." When Thin was injured, Hoa had borrowed from everywhere to pay for his treatment. They still can't repay all of the debts. Hoa had to have one … [Read more...] about Ill wife struggles to take care of bed-bound husband and small children

Drowning is among the leading causes of accidental death among children in Vietnam, accounting for around 48.8 percent of all injury-related fatalities, the Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs said in a report last year. … [Read more...] about Three children drown after falling into stream in north-central Vietnam

New York (VNA) – Vietnam voiced concern over an increase in attacks against schools and use of schools for military purposes during a UN Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict on September 10. The attacks have kept children away from schools and accessing basic services, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, told the debate. He underscored the role of every country in stepping up protection of children, saying specific measures are needed to address these issues, rebuild damaged schools and ensure children living in conflict have access to education. The Vietnamese diplomat called on the international community to strengthen commitments to and mobilise resources for protecting children and schools. He also reiterated that Vietnam gives top priority to protection of children and wishes to cooperate with other countries in this matter. In her remarks at the event, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for … [Read more...] about Vietnam urges protection of children from school attacks

The novel Quê Nội was first published by Kim Đồng Publishing House in 1974. It tells the story of Cục, a boy from Quang Nam’s Hoa Phuoc Village, the writer’s homeland, who lives during the nation’s August Revolutionary period in 1945.  … [Read more...] about Children’s books by famed late author reprinted

Fertility and Sterility is an international journal for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, basic scientists and others who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. The journal publishes juried original scientific articles. … [Read more...] about Study on development of children born in vitro by ‘freeze-only’ method published in international journal