Vietnam to focus on youth’s sexual reproductive health
Investing in the education and health, including sexual and reproductive health, of young people is of utmost importance to Vietnam’s productivity and development in the future.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Investing in the education and health, including sexual and reproductive health, of young people is of utmost importance to Vietnam’s productivity and development in the future, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Secretary of the HCM Communist Youth Union Central Committee, has said.
Speaking at a workshop on the implementation of “Youth led initiatives on promoting access to sexual and reproductive health information and services for Vietnamese youth and adolescents” held on September 26, Tuan said the youth played a significant role in the country’s growth and they represented an increasingly large proportion of the labour force.
“However, young people still lacked vital knowledge and life-skills on safe sex and consensual relationships, facing considerable barriers to accessing sexual and reproductive health services,” Tuan said.
Sexual education for young people remained limited, particularly for ethnic minorities, migrants or those living in rural areas, he said.
Young people were, therefore, at risk of early and unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, Tuan said.
Six youth-led initiatives were implemented in one year in Hanoi, central Quang Binh Province, central Da Nang City and northern Hai Duong City.
The beneficiaries are high school students, female workers aged18-30, disabled youth and deaf people.
The total funds for the six initiatives are 314.9 million VND (14,100 USD).
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The workshop in Hanoi was organised by the HCM Youth Union via the Central Centre for Youth and Adolescent with technical support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
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A class on reproductive health (Photo: news.zing.vn)
