Workshop talks experience in preventing child sexual abuse
Experts exchanged expertise in preventing and prosecuting child sexual abuse cases at a workshop held in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on March 20.
At the workshop held in Thua Thien-Hue province on March 20 (Photo: VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Experts exchanged expertise in preventing andprosecuting child sexual abuse cases at a workshop held in the central provinceof Thua Thien-Hue on March 20.
Theevent was organised by the Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with theUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes.
According to Colonel Ho Sy Niem, Deputy Director of the Criminal PoliceDepartment, child sexual abuse and violence have remained rampant in Vietnam.
Althoughvarious programmes, plans and legal frameworks have been employed to tackle theproblem, the number of child sexual abuse cases have been increasing across thecountry, with many incidents remaining unreported.
More than 1,500 cases of violence against children were detected in 2018, down45 percent, with sexual abuse accounting for 80 percent. Children have beensexually, physically and psychologically abused at home and schools by acquaintances,family members, parents, caretakers and teachers.
Last year, police handled 538 criminal cases and 55 administrative cases havingclose relations to child abuse.
At the workshop, participants discussed challenges in the fight against childabuse and violence, and said that the issue should be paid more attention to ineach locality.
Communications work should be enhanced especially in rural and remote areas,they said, while calling for cooperation from authorities and families in theefforts to better protect children.-VNA
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At the workshop held in Thua Thien-Hue province on March 20 (Photo: VNA) 
