The Seventh National Children’s Forum opens under the theme of “Children participate in building a safe, friendly and healthy living environment for children” (Photo: VOV)

Participants are expected to discuss how to prevent child abuse and violence, prevent and reduce injuries, drowning and traffic accidents, protect children in the cyber space, respond to climate change, epidemics and natural disasters, and fight against child labor.

Participating children are also hoped to share initiatives and solutions that their peers nationwide have taken part in implementing to create a safe and healthy living environment for themselves.

Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha, said: “The Vietnamese Party, State, Government and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs have paid special attention to and adopted several policies to ensure a safe and healthy living environment for children, which have been effectively implemented nationwide. Basically, Vietnamese children have been living in an increasingly safer environment, with better learning and playing conditions.

"However, there are still many inadequacies. The forum would be a venue for children to express their opinions and aspirations or for agencies and organizations to collect children's opinions on issues related to them," said Ha.