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disaggregated statistics on the social sector, child protection, children in street situations,
children in situations of exploitation, and children in rural areas.
20.
The Committee encourages the State party to pursue its plan to establish
regulations on data collection on children with a view to monitoring the
implementation of all the rights of children. The Committee reiterates its
recommendation that the State party adopt a central data collection system with
standardized child rights indicators shared across all relevant ministries and agencies.
The data collected should be analysed as a basis for assessing progress and for the
development of policies and programmes to implement the Convention. In doing so
the State party is recommended to ensure that the data collected is disaggregated by
age, gender, place of residence, ethnic origin and socioeconomic background to
facilitate analysis on the situation of all children in the State party. The Committee
further urges the State party to focus on collecting statistics in sensitive areas, such as
violence against children, situations of child abuse and exploitation, including sexual
and economic exploitation, children in street situations, and children in remote and
rural areas.
Dissemination and raising awareness
21.
The Committee expresses its concern at the limited knowledge of the Convention
and of the rights-based approach enshrined therein, among children, the public at large, and
professionals working with and for children. The Committee notes with appreciation the
information provided by the State party during the dialogue that the Convention has been
translated into eight ethnic minority languages; however it remains concerned that the
Convention has not been translated into the remaining written minority languages and not
sufficiently disseminated within minority groups, which disproportionally hampers the right
of children belonging to ethnic minorities and indigenous groups to be aware of their basic
rights and fundamental freedoms.
22.
The Committee urges the State party to intensify its efforts to incorporate child
rights issues into all curricula of different levels of education and strengthen
awareness-raising programmes, including campaigns on the Convention, among
children, families and groups of professionals working with and for children. In this
respect, the Committee encourages the State party to consider developing a national
plan of action for human rights education, as recommended in the framework of the
World Programme for Human Rights Education. The Committee also urges the State
party to ensure appropriate distribution of the Convention to minority populations,
including their children, in their own languages, and to take effective measures to
ensure actual dissemination.
Training
23.
Despite information on some training provided to professionals working with and
for children, the Committee regrets that such training remains dispersed and is not delivered
systematically to all professional groups working for or with children.
24.
The Committee reiterates its recommendation to ensure systematic, mandatory
and ongoing training on child rights for all professionals working with and for
children, in particular law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges, lawyers,
teachers, health personnel and personnel working in all forms of alternative care.
Cooperation with civil society
25.
The Committee welcomes the progress achieved in fostering a civil society
environment in the State party, including through the establishment of the Viet Nam
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