Child Labor Prevention and Reduction Project in Viet Nam (Award VIE/14/04/USA)

The overall objective of the project is to support the prevention and reduction of child labor in Vietnam, including through support for implementation of Vietnam’s draft National Plan of Action to Prevent and Reduce Child Labor in Viet Nam. The immediate objectives are 1) to build capacity of national institutions/organizations to better respond to child labor, to identify and address gaps in protections against child labor, including in current law, law enforcement and social protection programs, as part of the promotion of international labor standards through policy, legal, monitoring and enforcement means; 2) To raise awareness of child labor, the inherent exploitation of children at all levels, hazards associated with child labor and prohibitions against child labor; and 3) to develop, implement and document integrated area-based intervention models aimed at preventing and withdrawing children at risk or in the worst forms of child labor in selected rural and urban geographical areas and sectors to be ready for wider scale replication, including interventions aimed at : (i) prevention and child labor reduction, (ii) education and training opportunities for those engaged in or vulnerable to child labor, and (iii) livelihood support, including increased access to relevant social services, for vulnerable households.

Project symbol

VNM/22/51/USA

Admin unit

CO-Hanoi

Start date

01/01/2022

End date

31/12/2024

Total allocation

3010913

Total expenditure

Status

Active

3010913

Development Partners

USA, United States Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking

Country/Countries

Viet Nam

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice