tailieunhanh - Increasing juvenile crime - a warning for sustainable social development in Vietnam

The children in conflict with the laws are present in many countries. However, in recent years, the "social climate" in Vietnam has "hot" by the rapidly increasing juvenile crime’s cases. It is an alarm for the social sustainable development in Vietnam. In dealing with this case, the Government have implemented different policies and legislations to ensure the children’s holistic development, especially their personal development and social responsibility. | Increasing Juvenile Crime. INCREASING JUVENILE CRIME - A WARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM TRINH THI KIM NGOC * Abstract: The children in conflict with the laws are present in many countries. However, in recent years, the "social climate" in Vietnam has "hot" by the rapidly increasing juvenile crime’s cases. It is an alarm for the social sustainable development in Vietnam. In dealing with this case, the Government have implemented different policies and legislations to ensure the children’s holistic development, especially their personal development and social responsibility. But this is not the task of the Government or social order organizations only. This is also a special social challenge closely related to every family, school and community for managing and educating juvenile in the healthy life, helping them to accumulate creative skills, open for them new development opportunities. Key words: juvenile crime, social problems, challenges for sustainable social development, family education, social responsibility. Introduction The minors violating laws are present in many countries. However, the "social climate" in Vietnam has never become "hot" by the increasing juvenile crime’s cases in recent years, despite quantitative comparison of juvenile crime of the same age group with many other countries, the number is not extremely severe. But the social concern is not for the number of criminals or the dangerous level caused by juvenile crime for the community. The main social concern is for the increasing unwanted social problems, in association with the responsibility of each citizen for the country's future, when one part of the young generation is now not growing in line with standards of modern social civilization and progression and with the fine and humanism of the Vietnamese traditional culture. In particular, the minors still have a very long future and there are many opportunities for them to promote their capacity and potential .