To strengthen the connection between relevant parties and further promote online child protection, Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA) has introduced the Vietnam Cyber Safety for Children Club (VCSC) on September 27 with 11 founding members including businesses and organizations working in child support and protection in Vietnam.

With the rapid development of information technology and the internet, children are also facing many risks, including cyber-bullying. The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported that one in five young people said they have been a victim of online bullying.

At the launching ceremony. Photo: VGP

VNA citied statistics show that about 750,000 sexual predators worldwide are online at any given moment, and over 3 million accounts registered across the 10 most harmful child sexual abuse sites.

According to reports of the national emergency telephone number for child protection, 111, it received nearly 420 calls about child protection in the online environment and 18 notifications about channels or video clips with harmful contents for children in 2022. The figures in the first five months of this year were 128 calls and three notifications.

VCSC, with Ngo Tuan Anh, VNISA vice president as the chairman, will be responsible for researching and proposing the development of state policies and legal documents regarding online child protection; communicating and raising awareness and skills on online child protection; promoting the creation of content to support children's healthy interactions online in various forms.

In addition, VCSC will also help VNISA to develop basic standards for child protection products and services; contributing to expanding the market for Vietnamese businesses with products and services that protect children and support children to have healthy interactions online.

At the launching ceremony, delegates also participated in the panel discussion themed "Supporting children to prevent fraud, online bullying and Internet addiction", along with representatives from the Department of Child Affairs, Department of Information Security and other organizations and businesses.

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