Update: December, 18/2020 - 17:04 |
Children in Sa Binh Commune, Kon Tum Province work as gold panners. The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed a US$25 million plan to fight child labour in Viet Nam. VNA/VNS Photo Phuong Hoa.
HÀ NỘI An estimated 5.3 per cent of the 5-17 year olds in Việt Nam, or over 1 million children, are engaged in child labour, with more than half of them working in ‘hazardous conditions,’ according to Việt Nam’s second National Child Labour Survey on Friday.
Conducted by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in coordination with the General Statistics Office with technical support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the rate of child labour in Việt Nam is approximately 2 percentage points lower than the regional average for Asia and the Pacific.