SALIENT REGULATIONS ON THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF CHILD LABOR IN THE WORLD AND VIETNAM

Abstract

Child labor refers to children's illegal participation in labor and the labor activities that hinder or negatively affect the physical, intellectual, personality and comprehensive development of children. Child labor causes serious consequences affecting the development of children, families and society in all the different countries around the world. Faced with that situation, international law in general and the laws of countries in particular, including Vietnam, have stipulated specific regulations on the prevention and reduction of child labor. These legal documents are an important basis for conducting and implementing activities in the identification, prevention, intervention, reduction and elimination of child labor. The content of this paper will focus on studying a number of important international and Vietnamese legal documents regulating the prevention and reduction of child labor. In addition, this article also mentions a number of shortcomings in the current legal provisions on child labor in Vietnam, and the demand for amendments and supplements to improve the legal framework governing this issue.