(VOVworld) - The child-friendly city initiative was announced in Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday at a round-table conference between the municipal People’s Committee and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), an event held to celebrate the 40th anniversary of cooperation between Vietnam and UNICEF.

Deputy Chairman of HCMC People's Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan speaks at the initiative launching ceremony on Sept. 24, 2015. Photo: tuoitre.vn

The initiative addresses problems faced by urban children poverty, abuse and exploitation. To implement the initiative, the city will have to become a child-friendly city in three aspects:  economic, social, and environmental.