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The central province of Quang Binh held the first meeting of the provincial Children’s Council in 2021 with the participants of 35 members representing nearly 244,000 children across the localities.

Participants of the meeting were Tran Cong Thuat - Chief of the National Assembly delegation of Quang Bình; representatives of Quang Binh People’s Committee; representatives of Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Quang Binh, provincial Youth Union and 100 school children, 35 of them are members of Quang Binh Children's Council.

In the first part of the meeting, the governmental bodies gave an update regarding the results of activities to resolve issues raised during the previous meeting, which were more playgrounds for children and boosting up communications activities about children’s rights.

In the dialogue between the Children's Council members and members of Quang Binh National Assembly, the main topics that were discussed were children’s rights to get involved in children’s issues, the rights to be protected against natural disasters and during pandemics and the right to have more activities for physical health development of children.

Input to inform the dialogue was collected through questionnaires, in-depth interviews and focus groups conducted with 1,000 schoolchildren in Quang Binh.

Le Thi Ngoc Ha, Deputy Secretary of the provincial People’s Committee said that over the years, the Children’s Council has received great attentions from provincial authorities and localities as well as support from Plan International in the province.

The new model has proved its efficiency in creating opportunities for children to promote their rights to raise their voice in issues related to them.

She said that in the future, the council should be more active to help children from grassroots level to show their aspirations regarding their studying, entertainment, caring and protection. Opinions and requests from the children to agencies will receive response.

The dialogue was open and fruitful.

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