16 December 2024

Empowering teachers in remote areas through AI Technology with UNICEF's support

Surfing the internet on his computer has become a daily routine for teacher Dao Duy Khanh. As he refines his upcoming informatics lesson plan, a smile often crosses his face - thanks to the seamless integration of new AI applications he recently learned during a UNICEF-supported training course. As part of UNICEF’...
11 October 2024

One month since Super Typhoon Yagi: Learning loss affecting 1.3 million children across South East Asia

BANGKOK, 11 October 2024 -, One month after Super Typhoon Yagi swept through Southeast Asia, nearly 1.3 million children are facing major setbacks to their learning due to damaged or closed schools, flooded homes and displaced families. Thousands of schools in Viet Nam, Myanmar, Lao PDR, and Thailand have been aff...
12 September 2024

UNICEF delivers immediate relief to communities affected by devastating Super Typhoon Yagi in Northern Viet Nam

Ha Noi (Viet Nam), 12 September 2024 – UNICEF has provided water supplies to government partners for distribution to households, hospitals, health facilities and schools in three provinces which are among those most affected by Super Typhoon Yagi. The typhoon was the strongest to hit Viet Nam in decades, sweeping ...
19 August 2024

System Strengthening

Challenges, Education is the key for every child to unlock a bright future. While Viet Nam’s education system has proven transformational for many, those most vulnerable are often left behind. Ensuring the system is fit for purpose for all children – no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability and location – an...
19 August 2024

Safe Learning Environments

Challenges, Every child and adolescent should be welcomed at school by a safe and supportive education environment. Safe learning spaces are essential for all students to reach their full potential. No child should face stigma, discrimination, mental or physical abuse on the basis of their gender, ethnicity, sexua...
16 August 2024

Education

Challenges, Education is a basic factor in children’s rights. Learning for all means a system that welcomes and supports every child – no matter their abilities or socio-economic conditions. While Viet Nam’s education system has proven transformational for many, some vulnerable groups are still left behind. The n...
25 April 2024

Changing Children’s Lives – Enhancing their Futures! 

In 2023, UNICEF Viet Nam worked with partners from the government in support of national priorities driving the care, the protection of children and women, towards achievement of the SDGs. UNICEF-supported programmes contributed to directly improving children’s lives and the situation of their families, and furthe...
28 August 2023

STEAM Festival promotes a future-responsive education for all

HANOI, 27 August 2023, –, Children and young people are growing up in an uncertain time as the world grapples with the 4 th Industrial Revolution and its impact on jobs, the ongoing climate crisis and increases in post-pandemic youth unemployment. The world of work has changed, the skills young people need today a...
04 August 2023

When clean air becomes a luxury, healthy lives are denied

HO CHI MINH CITY, – A canal 24 hours contaminated with chemical sewage discharged from local industrial factories. A kindergarten full of little children located five meters away. Breathing in. Breathing out. Every day. “ I don’t smell anything ,” replied flabbergasted five-year-old Bao Khoi when asked if he detec...
14 July 2023

Bringing innovative solutions to help children in Soc Trang

​​​​​​​Children’s health and education affected , Nhu, a 10-year-old Khmer girl, lives with her grandmother and younger sister in Soc Trang, Viet Nam while her parents live in another province for work. Drought, saline intrusion, and sea level rise resulting in water shortage threaten their health and education. ...
05 July 2023

When our children teach us how to love

“It is not only us teaching him, but he is also teaching us how to love our children,” reflects Sinh as he watches his son, Hoang Nhan, play with a blue truck toy. Friendly, active and inquisitive, Nhan turns six this year. A knowing smile spreads across his face when someone mentions cars, and his doodling of ele...
11 May 2023

Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians visited Viet Nam as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium

Multimedia package:, PHOTOS, and, VIDEO FOOTAGE, , HA NOI/BRUSSELS, 11 May 2023 –, Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians who is Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium, wrapped up a three-day visit to Viet Nam that highlighted significant achievements towards realizing child rights as well as the key challenges the ...