As students return to classrooms for the 2026-2027 academic year, schools across Quang Ninh are partnering with local health authorities to provide comprehensive medical checkups.
UNICEF urged Việt Nam to maintain strong investments in health, education and social welfare as the country adapts to rising challenges such as demographic change, climate shocks and pollution.
Quang Ninh possesses a remarkable cultural treasure with hundreds of folk melodies from the Dao, Tay, San Diu, San Chay and many other ethnic groups. These melodies, distilled from the wisdom, labor and spiritual life of generations, carry profound cultural, historical and humanistic values. The province and its localities have recently made strong, sustained efforts to safeguard and pass down these traditions, especially among children in ethnic minority communities.
On May 31, in celebration of International Children’s Day (June 1), Mr. Vu Dai Thang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee visited and presented gifts to children at the Quang Ninh Center for the Protection and Care of Disadvantaged Children and at the Quang Ninh Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital.
According to the organisers, the festival’s activities will transport children to realms of dreams, magical narratives and future aspirations. In doing so, they will play a vital role in shaping Vietnamese character and safeguarding our cherished national cultural identity.
Doctor Lê Công Thiện, Head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Ward under the Institute of Mental Health said that every day, up to half of the children who come into the hospital are diagnosed with emotional problems, including anxiety disorders.
As part of the 2024 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, Ha Long Youth Union, on July 9, coordinated with the Youth Union of the Academy of Finance and the Vietnam- Russia International Eye Hospital to organize a free medical examination program in Tan Dan commune, Ha Long city.
In 2023, over 1,100 natural disasters hit Việt Nam, leaving 166 people dead and missing, causing estimated damages of over US$338 million. Natural disasters have caused serious consequences, disrupting people’s lives and slowing down economic development of many communities.
President Tô Lâm reiterated the Party and State’s consistent policy of caring for the disadvantaged and families of martyrs, especially young children.
Ha Long Kindergarten has organised a Tet fair, in which the children have the chance to learn about the cultural heritage, nature and traditional celebrations of Vietnamese people.
Hue Help, founded by Graham Buckley from the U.K. upon seeing the staggering figures of child drowning deaths, has helped over 14,000 Vietnamese kids learn how to swim since 2011.
Action month for children 2023, themed “Joining hands to reduce harm to children”, has been launched by many localities across the country, with important messages, from building a safe, friendly and healthy living environment, to preventing accidents and injuries towards ensuring children's right to life.
The development of information technology and the internet has brought many benefits to children, but at the same time, it has posed many potential risks to them. A research report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) shows that one in five children and young people are victims of online bullying. What is more concerned, three-quarters of them don't know where to seek help.
On the occasion of the International Children’s Day (June 1), Deputy Secreatary of the provincial Party Committee, Trinh Thi Minh Thanh, paid a visit to teenagers and children in Dong Trieu town.
Việt Nam appreciates UNICEF's effective and timely help and support for Việt Nam, especially in providing tens of millions of doses of vaccines against the COVID-19.
