National Assembly Speaker Vuong Dinh Hue and party and state leaders pose for souvenir photos with delegates from the first ‘Children’s National Assembly’, 2023 – Photo: Bao Khanh
“Mature”, “confident”, “mature and deep thinking” are the praises that National Assembly Speaker Vuong Dinh Hue gave to the child delegates attending the 5th “Children’s National Assembly” session. The first, 2023, will take place on the morning of September 10 at Dien Hong Hall.
Vuong Dinh Hue, Speaker of the National Assembly
I hope you will keep striving, have ambitions and dreams and contribute a lot to the development of the country later. I sincerely hope that many of the children participating in today’s program will grow up and through a process of training and effort, gain the confidence of the people and become true National Assembly representatives.
Timeliness in the “Children’s Parliament” model
National Assembly Speaker Vuong Dinh Hue said that Vietnam is the first country in Asia and the second in the world to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The National Assembly and the government have issued a number of legal documents affirming the rights of children and the responsibilities of state agencies, families, schools and society in the care, education and protection of children.
The most prominent include the 2016 Children’s Act, the 2019 Education Act, the National Action Program for Children and several programs and projects on comprehensive child development.
Although many very important and wide-ranging results have been achieved, the President of the National Assembly also pointed out that there are still many difficulties and challenges in the task of educating, caring for and protecting children.
National Assembly Speaker Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the first mock “Children’s National Assembly” session, 2023 – Photo: Bao Khanh
It is a fact that children and ethnic minority children in mountainous and highland areas do not have adequate conditions to access high quality education and medical care services, and good nutrition is not guaranteed. Children with disabilities, orphans and street children need more attention from state agencies and society.
Child violence, abuse, accidents and injuries, especially drowning, still occur in many localities. Many children are being negatively influenced by information on the Internet; The situation where children lack healthy, useful and safe playgrounds is quite common…
“That situation shows that we still have a lot of work to do to protect and better care for the country’s future generations,” he said.
In today’s fictitious “National Assembly of Children” session, he invited the Central Youth Federation, the Central Youth Council and the children to select two sets of extremely topical issues: “Protecting children’s healthy and constructive interactions in online environments” And “Prevention and control of accidents, injuries, violence and child abuse” for discussion and recommendations.
“Even though they are still young, they have worked hard to learn, research, and show maturity, confidence, and thoughtful and deep thinking when taking on the role of National Assembly representatives and even leaders.” The leaders of the National Assembly and the government are in operation, there are many very relevant proposals and recommendations for discussion and solving children’s problems” – he said.
On this occasion, he also requested the National Assembly, Government, Ministries and bodies to implement several materials thoroughly.
In which agencies of the National Assembly, representatives of the National Assembly and socio-political organizations strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of legal regulations on children’s rights and care, education, protection of children, holding urgent clarification sessions on urgent current issues related to children Are.
Ethnic children return to Hanoi to participate in a mock session of the “Children’s National Assembly” – Photo: Bao Khanh
proposal to continue the next meeting
Participating, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha also congratulated the children who successfully conducted a mock session of the “Children’s National Assembly”, which came up with many very creative and innovative suggestions and recommendations.
The Deputy Prime Minister noted with delight that many leaders and former leaders of the party and state, departments and ministries took time to attend the meeting, which reflects the special attention of the party and state to adolescents and children.
At the same time, it affirms the important role and petition rights of “future preschoolers” in issues important to children, who participate in the process of formulation and implementation of policies and laws.
“It gives us the confidence to believe in the country’s bright future, to march forward on the platform of glory, as our dear Uncle Ho always advised,” he remarked.
Through the success of the session, he hopes that the Ministries of Labour, War Invalid and Social Affairs, Ministry of Education and Training and Central Youth Federations will create more channels and platforms for children to express and voice their aspirations. Participate in formulating and improving legitimate policies related to children’s rights and interests.
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