France moves closer to ban on smacking children

The French National Assembly voted on Friday in favour of a largely symbolic ban on parents smacking their children, a practice which though condemned by the UN still enjoys widespread support in the country.

Administrative fines are not the only solution

Professor Dr Trần Thành Nam of the Hà Nội National University's School of Education talks to Kinh tế & Đô thị (Economic and Urban Affairs) newspaper on the draft decree to issue heavy fines for administrative violations in schools.

Children are our future

Nguyễn Thanh Trúc, an expert in child protection of UNICEF, Hà Nội, talks to Nhân dân cuối tuần (People’s Weekend) on measures to prevent abuse of children.

Teachers and parents have let our children down

Mahatma Gandhi famously said that eye for an eye would make the whole world go blind. In other words, two wrongs don’t make a right. That the world is yet to heed the wisdom of those words is self-evident, but our country has been an outstanding example of forgiving while not forgetting the atrocities heaped on us for years by colonial and imperial forces.

Coordination across agencies, levels can halt child abuse1

It’s time to spare the rod forever and ever

I am in deep dudgeon and could not hold back tear after seeing the image of a 10-year-old boy in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District covering with serious injuries released earlier this month.

Police under investigation after suspect dies in custody

The Suprem People's Procuratorate has decided to prosecute a case relating to the death of a drug trafficking suspect who died in police custody. 

Let’s end violence against children in Viet Nam

Violence against children occurs everywhere in the world, including in Việt Nam, but people turn a blind eye to it.

NA deputies divided over criminal right to silence Controversy over criminal suspects' right to silence and a regulation on the compulsoriness of audio and video recordings during investigations divided National Assembly deputies at a discussion session on the revised Criminal Procedure Code yesterday.

Ethnic minority poverty alleviation lacks funding Minister-Chairman of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Giang Seo Phu yesterday conceded there were shortcomings in implementing National Programme 135 on poverty alleviation.