(VOVworld) – In Hanoi on Wednesday, UNICEF released its annual report entitled “The State of the World’s Children 2016 - A Fair Chance for Every Child”.

Ngo Thi Minh, Deputy Head of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children, addressed the meeting (Photo: VOV news center)

The report says investing in the most disadvantaged children is an economically sound and strategic decision. UNICEF pointed out that significant progress has been made in saving children’s lives, getting children into school and lifting people out of poverty. In Viet Nam, poverty rates declined from 58 per cent to 10 per cent between 1993 and 2014. The child mortality rate fell from 36 per 1,000 live births in 1990, down to 10/1,000 in 2014. The report recommends better data on the most vulnerable children, integrated solutions to the challenges children face, innovative methods to address old problems, more equitable investment and increased involvement by communities to help level the playing field for children.