Vice Chairman of the National Assembly's Economic Committee Duong Quoc Anh leads the delegation of Vietnam’s National Assembly to attend a virtual meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights on May 18, 2021.  (Photo: VNA)

The meeting, held in the framework of the 142nd General Assembly of the IPU,  focused on global laws against sexual exploitation and abuse of children on the Internet space.

At the meeting, Vietnamese representatives said that in order to minimize online sexual exploitation and abuse against children, Vietnam needs to complete its system of legal documents in the field.

They said the Government should issue legal documents on the implementation of measures to protect children on the Internet environment, along with policies to support disadvantaged children and those from ethnic-minority-inhabited areas and poor families, while applying measures to timely prevent toxic information on the Internet that may lead to the risk of child abuse.

Vietnam will strengthen the coordination among agencies to conduct education and communication activities aiming at instructing, managing, inspecting and supervising the use of the Internet space in a safe, healthy and friendly manner, they said.