The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City has just sent an urgent document to the City Police, Youth Volunteer Force, Chairman of People’s Committees of districts and Thu Duc City…
Accordingly, the Department requests units to increase the peak concentration of children, vagrants, beggars and subjects in need of urgent protection in the city right before the 2024 Lunar New Year to ensure urban aesthetics. city, security at events and festivals during Tet.
In this documentDepartment of Labor – Ho Chi Minh City Department of Social Affairs and Health requested the City Police to direct the local police to develop a peak plan to coordinate with the local Working Group to gather children, street beggars…
The Department requests special attention attention at intersections, events, festivals, spring flower markets, religious establishments… This is where wandering people often appear begging for food.
Youth volunteer orderlies are asked to be on duty at designated locations. Assign staff to immediately notify the Working Groups or local police authorities when detecting children, street beggars, etc. at the response point for timely handling. In particular, this force is tasked with preventing the situation of street children… soliciting tourists at spring vacation destinations.
The heaviest task is the local government. The Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City requested the People’s Committees of districts and Thu Duc City to have a peak plan to carry out this task. The working group must organize patrols to review roads, intersections with high traffic density, event locations, religious establishments… in order to promptly detect and handle them.
In case of detection signs of herding children, disabled people, and the elderly to beg for food for personal gain. The working group must immediately handle or transfer the file to the investigation agency.
Particular attention should be paid to the central city districts. Must organize stand-up patrols at prominent locations such as headquarters of central agencies and the city’s Nguyen Hue Ben Thanh pedestrian street, Spring Flower Festival, fireworks displays…
Social protection centers were also directed to review and prepare physical facilities to receive and accommodate those who were gathered to ensure care and nurture in accordance with state policies prescribed.
According to the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City during the year 2023 Ho Chi Minh City has decided to promulgate a coordination mechanism to carry out the work of gathering children, street beggars and other subjects in need of urgent protection in the city. This mechanism is the basis for the sector to promote the work of gathering the above subjects to social protection centers and bringing them back to their places of residence…
In 2023 alone, the Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs sector has initially received 1,044 cases of child beggars living in public places without a stable place of residence; Of which 219 cases had mental symptoms.
According to the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City, this work was implemented effectively thanks to the support of the people and the press; coordinate to provide information reflecting cases of street beggars and cases showing signs of leading beggars…
Since then, the industry has basically resolved the situation of street beggars in the area. city, especially in inner city areas.
However, this situation still occasionally appears on the streets when authorities reduce patrol frequency. Therefore, the 2024 orientation of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City is to continue to strengthen the resolution of the situation of child beggars and other subjects in need of urgent protection in the city.
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