At a glance: Viet Nam
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Vietnamese children raise their voices for action on climate change
HANOI, Viet Nam, 24 August 2009 – Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh, a 16-year-old girl from Da Nang Province, will not soon forget the two-day workshop she attended in Hanoi earlier this month. There, she had a chance not only to meet with children from all the regions of Viet Nam, but also to learn about and discuss an issue that could have an enormous impact on all children’s lives: climate change.
UNICEF rebuilds a child-friendly school in cyclone-affected Myanmar
DIDIER, Myanmar, 28 July 2009 – Aye Nandar Win enjoys attending fifth grade at the rebuilt Sinku Primary School here in cyclone-affected Didier Township. "I love this school!" she exclaimed. "I love the space, the colours, my desk – everything."
In remote areas of Viet Nam, UNICEF supports teaching children about rights
LAO CAI, Viet Nam, 23 July 2009 – Against the dramatic backdrop of the foothills of northern Viet Nam, students at the Kim Dong Lower Secondary gather for their morning exercises. In perfectly straight lines, and with impeccable timing, they go through their routine, which heralds the start of the school day.
UNICEF and IKEA Social Initiative support schooling for ethnic minorities in Viet Nam
LAO CAI PROVINCE, Viet Nam, 15 April 2009 – As part of her morning routine, Thao Thi Mao dropped off her young son at the Ban Pho Pre-school, set against the dramatic backdrop of the northern hills of Viet Nam's Lao Cai Province. On this day, she also brought with her a heavy bundle of firewood, to cook the children's lunch.
Launch of the first World Report on Child Injury Prevention in Hanoi
HANOI, Viet Nam, 10 December 2008 – A ceremony was held today in Hanoi to mark the launch of the first World Report on Child Injury Prevention. The report was jointly prepared by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Viet Nam, with input from more than 180 experts from 56 different countries.
‘Child-Safe Home’ model helps reduce child drowning in Viet Nam
DONG THAP PROVINCE, Viet Nam, 5 December 2008 – Ten children die every day from drowning in Viet Nam, where it is the number one cause of injury-related death among children over the age of one. In the province of Dong Thap alone, 202 children died from drowning during 2005 and 2006.
Water and hygiene facilities change lives for families in rural Viet Nam
DAI PHAC COMMUNE, Viet Nam, 17 January 2007 – During class break, Nguyen Thi Huyen, 10, and her classmates at An Thinh 1 Primary School crowd the small open area outside their new latrine and washing facilities. They wash their hands vigorously, as instructed by the teacher.
Supporting early bilingual education in rural Viet Nam
SUOI GIANG COMMUNE, Viet Nam, 15 January 2007 – She’s only five years old, but Mua Thi Xay is already learning a second language. She is ethnic Hmong, from a community in the mountains of northern Viet Nam. Until now she knew little of her nation’s main language, Vietnamese.
Information a potent weapon in Viet Nam’s fight against bird flu
DAI YEN COMMUNE, Viet Nam, 9 January 2006 – Nguyen Thi Tuyet takes off her straw hat and farming clothes and fills a bowl with chicken feed. She tosses handfuls of seeds to the 100 chickens inside a pen next to her house. Tuyet worries that she might lose her chicken farm if avian influenza returns to her village.
UNICEF and partners work to keep bird flu at bay in Viet Nam
HAY TAY PROVINCE, Viet Nam, 8 January 2007 – Nguyen Thi Tham lives in fear of bird flu. Ms. Nguyen is a poultry farmer in Hay Tay Province, just south of the capital, Hanoi. Her entire farm of 200 chickens was culled during an outbreak of avian influenza in 2005.
Protecting young women from human trafficking in Viet Nam
LANG SON, Viet Nam, 7 December 2006 – Nguyen Thi Phuong cherishes her new role as a mother. At 45, she’s older than most Vietnamese women raising their first child, but that hardly matters.
Healthy-living education builds teens’ confidence across Viet Nam
LANG SON, Viet Nam, 3 November 2006 – Balancing a pair of watering pails with a stick across her shoulders, Ma Thi Nut navigates through a cabbage field, tilting to wet crops on both sides of a narrow path.
Monthly immunization days save lives and build babies’ health
CHIENG KHOA, Viet Nam, 1 February 2006 – It’s the monthly immunization day in Chieng Khoa, a small village in the mountains of north-western Vietnam. Although it’s still early in the morning, numerous mothers clutching babies wait patiently in a queue in front of the health centre.
UNICEF helps keep minority children in school in rural Viet Nam
CHIENG KHOA COMMUNE, Viet Nam, 29 December 2005 – A short five-minute walk is all that separates 8-year-old Sa Thi Tham from her school. It’s a remarkably short distance in a region of rolling green mountains and plunging river valleys in north-western Viet Nam, where many children must travel many kilometres to reach their classes.
Viet Nam: Swimming, a vital life skill for children
DONG THAP PROVINCE, Viet Nam, 8 July 2005 – Not knowing how to swim can cost a child his or her life, especially in Viet Nam. Waterways outnumber roads in Dong Thap Province in the Mekong River Delta of southern Viet Nam, and annual flooding caused by monsoon rains takes a severe toll, particularly on children.
Integrated approach helps Vietnamese children get the best start in life
HANOI, 22 June 2005 – Twenty-nine-year-old Y-Ner lives in the Dac-Blo village of Kon Tum, one of the poorest provinces in Viet Nam’s central highlands. Despite many hardships, her three children are growing up healthy, happy and well-protected, thanks to the UNICEF-supported Integrated Early Childhood Development programme (IECD).
UNICEF Office in Viet Nam launches the first bilingual website – in English and Vietnamese
Viet Nam, 9 December 2004 - To coincide with the launch of the 2005 State of the World’s Children, a brand-new website on UNICEF’s activities in Viet Nam is now available in both English and Vietnamese.
