(VOV) -The United Nations' Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) jointly held a seminar in Hanoi on Thursday to discuss child-related issues in the 2016-2020 period. MPI Deputy Minister Dao Quang Thu and UNICEF Deputy Chief Representative in Vietnam Jesper Moller stressed the need to provide more investment for children, who they said, play a key role in ensuring sustainable development in Vietnam.

UNICEF officials and poor children in the Central Highland province of Kon Tum. Photo: internet

All children have their own right to live, grow, and develop their capacity. Vietnam has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and this has proved the country’s commitment to childcare, they noted.
The two officials also laid emphasis on the provision of necessary services for children, saying this is an urgent task to help them grow up properly. Other participants at the seminar shared their experiences in adding child-related issues to national development plans and proposed measures to deal with problems emerging in such areas as education and training, health care, and social welfare. They also suggested the improvement of public financial management skills to provide better care for children.