Vĩnh Phúc 23/4/2012 - In April this year, children and adults from all over the world will be participating in an international campaign with the purpose promoting every child’s rights to early care and education, rights which begin at birth. The Global Campaign for Education is calling on world leaders to deliver on their commitments and ensure early childhood care and education for every child, giving them more chances to achieve their full potential, end the cycle of poverty and support building prosperity for the global population.

In Viet Nam, Global Action Week is held from 22 to 29 April by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), with the support of local and international organizations including ChildFund, Plan, Save the Children, UNESCO, UNICEF, Viet Nam Coalition for Education for All (VCEFA), and World Vision. The week employs the global slogan: Rights from the Start! Early Childhood Care and Education Now!

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The ILO’s most recent global estimate is that 215 million children worldwide are involved in child labour, with more than half this number involved in its worst forms. The children concerned should be at school being educated, and acquiring skills that prepare them for decent work as adults. By entering the labour market prematurely, they are deprived of this critical education and training that can help to lift them, their families and communities out of a cycle of poverty. In its worst forms, child labourers may also be exposed to physical, psychological or moral suffering that can cause long term damage to their lives.

12th June annually is the World Day against Child Labour. On the occasion of this year World Day against Child labour, the Bureau of Child Protection and Care under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs and the International Labour Organization (ILO) call for:

• Universal ratification of the ILO’s Conventions on child labour (and of all ILO core Conventions)
• National policies and programmes to ensure effective progress in the elimination of child labour
• Action to build the worldwide movement against child labour.

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Ha Noi, 10 April, 2012 – A ceremony to mark ten years of collaboration between the Viet Nam Family Planning Association (VINAFPA), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Luxemburg was held today in Ha Noi to close the project on "Strengthening the accessibility and quality of reproductive health care with focus on safe motherhood, adolescent reproductive health and reproductive rights". This collaborative effort has helped Vietnamese people, youth and adolescents in the project sites acquire the skills necessary to develop and sustain healthy and happy lives, particularly in areas with unmet needs for sexual and reproductive health including family planning, emphasized the VINAFPA, UNFPA and the Government of Luxemburg.

Running from October 2007 to May 2012, the project has been implemented in the four provinces of Quang Ninh, Hue, Nghe An and Can Tho by the VINAFPA, with technical assistance from UNFPA and financial support provided by the Government of Luxemburg.

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