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Nutrition
Programme
25 June 2018
Nutrition
UNICEF works to improve infant and young children's nutrition in Viet Nam, helping ensure every child has the best possible start in life.
youth advocate Le Hoang Hai for representing Vietnamese children and youth at the #FixMyFood initiative launch in BKK, Thailand.
Press release
27 February 2023
Young people demand healthier food environments in East Asia and the Pacific
Young people co-create and launch a campaign to support UNICEF’s ‘Fix My Food’ initiative for healthier food environments for children in the region
UNICEF Executive Director, Catherine Russell, at a pre-school in Gia Lai, one of the poorest provinces in Viet Nam. Russell met children and parents at this school where UNICEF supports early childhood education, a critical building block for a child’s cognitive development. But too many children living in poverty in Viet Nam remain without access to learning or had their education more dramatically disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Press release
14 November 2022
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell concludes Viet Nam visit, commends country’s commitment to children
UNICEF is calling for countries to strengthen nutrition policies and include treatment for child wasting under health and long-term development funding schemes
Press release
18 May 2022
Efforts to include treatment for child wasting in Vietnamese laws should be accelerated
UNICEF is calling for countries to strengthen nutrition policies and include treatment for child wasting under health and long-term development funding schemes
Technician Thierry Lajoie analyzes a sample of fortified salt for a quality and a quantity test at the Haitian Ministry of Health Laboratory in Port au Prince.
Statement
01 December 2021
WHO and UNICEF call on Vietnamese authorities to enforce food fortification regulations
Treating malnourished kids in the aftermath of the storms in central Viet Nam. In the aftermath of the storms and floods that struck central Viet Nam in October 2020, the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has sharply increased, prolonging the state of vulnerability for these communities. UNICEF is supporting local health workers to ramp up screening of children and to provide therapeutic food for severely acute malnourished children.
Press release
22 September 2021
Young children’s diets show no improvement in last decade, ‘could get much worse’ under COVID-19 - UNICEF
During crucial period when children begin to transition to solid foods, just 1 in 3 are fed a diet diverse enough to grow well
Breastfeeding provides children the best start in life. It is a baby’s best source of nutrition, bolstering brain development with lifelong benefits for and baby.
Article
30 July 2021
Frequent Asked Questions: COVID-19 vaccines & breastfeeding
These Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) have been developed jointly by the IFE Core Group, UNICEF, and the COVID-19 Infant Feeding Working Group
Work with us
Job posting
28 July 2021
Individual Consultants
UNICEF is looking for Individual Consultants for Costing Exercise of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition (NPAN) for the period of 2021-2025, Viet Nam
Children in school eating - Viet Nam
Report
05 July 2021
Prevention of Overweight and Obesity in Children:
To identify a set of priority actions to effectively prevent childhood overweight and obesity, a landscape analysis was undertaken in Viet Nam.

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Breastfeeding safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
Article
05 March 2021
Breastfeeding safely during the COVID-19 pandemic
How to nourish your child following the current expert guidance.