A new animation series on natural disasters will help young television audiences protect themselves. Photo courtesy of Times Media

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam Televison (VTV) channel 3 has started broadcasting an animation series entitled An Toàn Cho Con (Safe for Children) about disaster prevention and control.

Starting on September 14, Safe for Children revolves around stories of dangerous natural phenomena and how to respond to natural disasters. 

The series features two little characters, Bi and Bông, with support from the Disaster Prevention Genius Squad. It aims to help small television viewers learn life skills to protect themselves. 

Young children will be provided knowledge on recognising different types of natural disasters and learn skills to prevent, respond and overcome the consequences of natural disasters such as storms, tropical depressions, flash floods and landslides in a child-friendly and accessible way.

They will immerse themselves in vivid life stories and situations featuring natural disasters.

"The north of Việt Nam has suffered a historic storm and flooding, so the timely production and broadcasting of ten episodes on the topic of natural disaster prevention is a very meaningful and necessary action," said Trịnh Thu Hường, the series producer.

This is the second consecutive year that the series on natural disaster prevention and control has been produced with the co-ordination of the Department of Dyke Management and Natural Disaster Prevention and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Việt Nam, with sponsorship from the Japanese government. 

Safe for Children will be broadcast on VTV3 at 5.50pm every Saturday and Sunday. Reruns will be shown on VTV5 at 10.25am on Monday and Friday. The animation series is also broadcast on platforms VTV.vn, VTVgo and the YouTube channel Safe for Children. VNS