Young people speak out at forum

Helping young people get their voices heard when planning implementation of the National Youth Development Strategy 2011-2020


The UN in Viet Nam together with the Youth Union organised a Youth Forum, to help young people get their voices heard when planning implementation of the National Youth Development Strategy 2011-2020. On that occasion, UNICEF's team of reporters was there to capture young people's opinions and hopes on the future they want in Viet Nam.

Video of the post-2015 consultations

Asking Young People What is the Future They Want!



On 19 January 2013, in the context of national consultations with Viet Nam's people organised by the United Nations on the future they want post-2015, UNICEF and sister agencies UNODC, UN-Women, UNFPA and UNDP organised a workshop with 35 children and young people. Among them were street children, children with disabilities and lower-secondary school children who all shared their concerns and hopes for Viet Nam after 2015.

Photo story on the post-2015 consultations

Asking Young People What is the Future They Want!



On 19 January 2013, in the context of national consultations with Viet Nam's people organised by the United Nations on the future they want post-2015, UNICEF and sister agencies UNODC, UN-Women, UNFPA and UNDP organised a workshop with 35 children and young people. Among them were street children, children with disabilities and lower-secondary school children who all shared their concerns and hopes for Viet Nam after 2015.
Photos: UNICEF Viet Nam\2012\Dinh Hong Anh

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Ensuring care for vulnerable children

A-Dung and his grandmother in front of their thatched house.
© UNICEF Viet Nam\2012\Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong

Mua A-Dung lives in a small thatched house on a mountain in Hua Ngai Commune of Dien Bien, a northern mountainous province of Viet Nam. A-Dung’s father passed away when he was only four years old. Three years later, his mother remarried and moved out. He was left in the care of his grandmother, and stays together with his uncle’s family.

New care approaches for children with disabilities

Ho Thi Lan learns new skills at a centre for children with disabilities.
© UNICEF Viet Nam\2012\Sandra Bisin

Eighteen year-old Ho Thi Lan is skillfully typing on the computer key board in the vocational training classroom of Hoa Vang’s brand new centre for children with disabilities.“I am not sure whether I prefer computer training or tailoring. I am getting a lot of new skills these days”, she says proudly. “I think I’d be happy to become a tailor. It would also please my parents.”