Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha: We need to continue listening to and responding to children's wishes.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha speaks

Family, school and society need to coordinate

At the Forum, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha praised and highly appreciated the efforts of young people to overcome difficulties and rise up; at the same time, he expected that the young generation will create miracles to bring Vietnam to the stage of glory, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers as beloved Uncle Ho always wished. The Deputy Prime Minister also highly appreciated the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Ministry of Education and Training, the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education; a number of ministries, branches, organizations and localities have recently deployed and expanded many models on children's participation rights. These include the Children's Forums at all levels; Children's Councils at provincial and district levels; core children's groups in residential communities; children's rights clubs..., thereby contributing to training generations of confident, responsible citizens, ready to contribute their strength and intelligence from a young age...

To create a safe and healthy living environment for all children, the Deputy Prime Minister requested ministries, branches, localities, and socio-political organizations to continue listening, considering, and responding to children's opinions and appropriate aspirations. In particular, it is necessary to focus on strengthening the coordination of all three factors: Family, school, and society to give love and the best to children; focus on teaching, fostering knowledge, training soft skills, life skills, helping children cope with violence, physical or mental abuse, drowning, etc.

Children asked questions to leaders of ministries, departments and branches at the forum.

Units need to develop cultural and safe codes of conduct on the Internet; effectively prevent bad, toxic information and inappropriate content. It is necessary to launch a movement to protect the green, clean and beautiful environment, forming a friendly lifestyle, in harmony with nature for children. Functional units need to create more channels and forums for children to express their wishes, participate in building and perfecting policies specifically for them.

The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized: Each family, all levels, sectors and the whole society, with responsibility and love, need to take more practical actions to care for teenagers and children, especially those in difficult circumstances, in remote areas, border areas and islands so that all children are cared for, develop comprehensively, and live in love and a safe and healthy living environment.

The Deputy Prime Minister hopes that children will become the nucleus of spreading love, kindness, love of work, eagerness to learn, always remember and do well the "Five teachings of Uncle Ho", worthy of being good children, good students, with dreams, ambitions, and aspirations for the future of the Fatherland.

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Bui Quang Huy answers children's questions at the Forum

Children, please speak up more loudly.

At the Forum, children met and interacted with leaders of ministries, branches, organizations and agencies related to children; and sent many questions about issues that they are currently concerned about. These include content on violence and child abuse; psychological support for children who have been abused and abused; free swimming lessons, especially for disadvantaged children; ensuring safety for children in the online environment; improving the quality of school psychological counseling rooms at schools...

Answering the question about how agencies and organizations can grasp information and issues related to children in the fastest and most effective way, First Secretary of the Central Youth Union Bui Quang Huy said that the mechanisms for grasping information about children are currently very diverse. It can be through brothers, sisters, teachers who are Team Leaders in schools and localities; parents; Hotline 111... There is no shortage of mechanisms, but to grasp effectively, it is necessary to have cooperation and equip skills for the children themselves because in many cases, when discovering related issues, many children do not know and do not exercise their right to speak up.

Regarding solutions to prevent and combat drowning, Director of the Department of Children Dang Hoa Nam said that recently, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has coordinated with relevant ministries and branches to implement a program to prevent and combat accidents and injuries for children, especially drowning prevention. Currently, many provinces and cities across the country have effectively implemented a model of free safe swimming lessons for children. In particular, in Nghe An, Dong Thap..., the Provincial People's Council has issued a Resolution to allocate funds to support the construction of free safe swimming pools in poor communes. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the Department of Children are also researching policies to support poor children and children in difficult circumstances to participate in free swimming classes, helping to reduce drowning accidents for children.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and delegates received messages from children at the forum.

The representative of the National Assembly’s Ethnic Council answered the question about solutions to end child marriage and consanguineous marriage among ethnic minority children and suggested that in the coming time, attention should be paid to a number of groups of solutions. These include promoting awareness of the political system; selecting content for each meeting to work effectively; strictly handling violations to set an example for others; having a mechanism to reward families that comply with regulations well…

Participating in the Forum, 188 children representing more than 25 million children nationwide sent 13 messages, wishes and recommendations to agencies and organizations. The contents include: Adults should listen to children to understand children's issues and impacts on children before making decisions. People's Councils at all levels periodically organize meetings and contacts with children. Schools build and improve the quality of school counseling rooms and provide psychological support for students; establish core children's clubs to promptly detect and support students. Authorities include content on safety in the online environment, child protection, and sex education in schools in textbooks. Children need to be given more information and communication channels to share their thoughts and aspirations; organize more fun and entertaining activities for children...

Children's recommendations have been received by agencies and organizations and will be considered and responded to appropriately in the coming time.

According to VNA