The Vietnamese Party and State have paid special attention to the roleof the family in education and nursery schooling in particular, a Partyofficial has said.

Dr. Truong Minh Tuan, deputy head of theParty Central Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education,was addressing an international conference on preschool education inMonterrey, Mexico from October 22-28.

The event drew the participation of more than 2,000 delegates from 27 countries and territories across the world.

Tuan cited the Vietnamese Family Day (June 28) to prove his views,saying Vietnam was the first country in Asia and the second in the worldto ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child onFebruary 20, 1990.

The Vietnamese Government also approvedan education development strategy during the 2011-2020 period,emphasising universal education for children aged over five, and a 2020Vietnamese family development strategy with a vision towards 2030.

After reviewing Vietnam’s major achievements in preschool education,Tuan pointed to the negative impacts of international integration onVietnamese families such as the increasing numbers of street childrenand children who break the law, sexual abuse, prostitution and drug usein children.

Domestic education plays a significant role inpreventing such social evils, he said, stressing the need for parents toequip themselves with knowledge about this and for the State to improvethe public’s awareness of domestic violence.

Earlier, Tuanattended the third meeting of the semi-global network of senators andformer senators on preschool education, during which he proposed theglobal expansion of the network.

During their stay in Mexico,the Vietnamese delegation met with General Secretary of the MexicanLabour Party Alberto Anaya Gutierrez, who is also the network’spresident and President of the Mexico-Vietnam Friendship ParliamentaryGroup.

The delegates also had working sessions with expertsin preschool education from Mexico and other countries, and visited anursery school.-VNA