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Protecting children in the digital environment is becoming an increasingly urgent issue as children gain access to the internet earlier and face growing online risks.

PSNews - Recently, the Son La Provincial Police Department in coordination with the Van Ho District People’s Committee and benefactors organized a ceremony to hand over the 33rd newly-built classrooms to children in the Ban Lay 2 school branch of the Tan Xuan Kindergarten.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presented gifts to children at the Hanoi nursing centre for children with disabilities on May 31, on the occasion of the International Children’s Day (June 1) and the Action Month for Children 2024.

PSNews - After more than two months of launching, the Organizing Committee received more than 38,000 paintings from schools, children's cultural houses, and art centers in 44 provinces and cities.

Approximately 1.5 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 12 and above produced by Pfizer of the United States arrived in the country on September 12, according to National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

Various activities and camps in Ho Chi Minh City are bouncing back to entertain and educate children this summer, after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PSNews - Vietnam’s Ministry of Health announced that  Australian Government has officially committed to providing Vietnam with about 13.7 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to inoculate children aged between 5-11 in the first week of April.

PSNews - Vietnam planned to sign a contract with Pfizer this month for 21.9 million vaccine doses for children aged 5-11, with 7 million delivered in the first quarter.

Students of Ton That Tung Secondary School in Tan Phu district, HCM City, participated in an extracurricular event themed “Say “No” to violence against children” held on February 14.

Protecting and caring for health of nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, the society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 10.

The central city of Da Nang started its COVID-19 vaccination scheme for students aged between 15 and 18 on November 2, becoming the first locality in the central region to begin the process of vaccinating children.

Vietnam will carry out COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of five and 11 next year pending scientific research available, according to the national immunization advisory council.

Ho Chi Minh City started giving COVID-19 vaccines to school children in the district of Cu Chi on October 27 morning.

PSNews - The The Department of Fine Arts, Photography and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in collaboration with the Vietnam Exhibition Centre for Culture and Arts and relevant units kicked off two online exhibitions for children on September 20, on the occasion of the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival. 

Nearly 400 children infected with COVID-19 treated at the field hospital No. 4 have been cured and discharged from the hospital, said Dr. Nguyen Tran Nam, Vice Head of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Children's Hospital.

Vietnam is seeking to purchase the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate children aged between 12 and 18, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

It is vital to teach children about balanced diets whilst giving them necessary education on nutrition in order to allow them to develop healthy eating habits that can ultimately contribute to their comprehensive development.

The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 1 to launch the “Action for Children” campaign at the start of summer.