The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) on June 17announced the 2013 rankings on the observation of children’s rightsacross Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces.
Theresults show no big difference among localities, with the top ten listedas Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Da Nang, QuangNinh, Hung Yen, Hanoi, Hai Phong and Nam Dinh.
Theranking, the first of its kind, is based on five intermediary indicatorsrepresenting five important areas related to children. These includethe level of interest in child protection, caring and education, and theensuring of children’s comprehensive development.
It aims to provide ministries, sectors and domestic and foreignorganisations with scientific, accurate and specific indices in thefield.
According to MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan MauDiep, the ranking is an interdisciplinary piece of research on anational scale, giving high quality results.
However, the main limitation of the ranking system is the relative lackof input indicators, which may not reflect the thorough situation in theobservation of children’s rights, he said. In addition, it is basedmostly on reports and indicators rather than a thorough social audit, headded.
He said from 2014 on, the ministry willbuild the ranking in a more complete manner with more accurate andstandardised information And with the increased engagement ofinternational organisations that are interested in children developmentin Vietnam.-VNA
Theresults show no big difference among localities, with the top ten listedas Long An, Ho Chi Minh City, Thai Binh, Thai Nguyen, Da Nang, QuangNinh, Hung Yen, Hanoi, Hai Phong and Nam Dinh.
Theranking, the first of its kind, is based on five intermediary indicatorsrepresenting five important areas related to children. These includethe level of interest in child protection, caring and education, and theensuring of children’s comprehensive development.
It aims to provide ministries, sectors and domestic and foreignorganisations with scientific, accurate and specific indices in thefield.
According to MOLISA Deputy Minister Doan MauDiep, the ranking is an interdisciplinary piece of research on anational scale, giving high quality results.
However, the main limitation of the ranking system is the relative lackof input indicators, which may not reflect the thorough situation in theobservation of children’s rights, he said. In addition, it is basedmostly on reports and indicators rather than a thorough social audit, headded.
He said from 2014 on, the ministry willbuild the ranking in a more complete manner with more accurate andstandardised information And with the increased engagement ofinternational organisations that are interested in children developmentin Vietnam.-VNA
