In Lac Son district, there currently are nearly 33,700 children, of which, 298 children have special circumstances, over 10,300 children are at risk of falling into special circumstances, 220 children live in the families whose parents work far away, 550 children who are fatherless or motherless. In recent years, the work of child care and education has always been carried out by Party committees and the appropriate authorities at all levels from the district to the grassroots level.

Mr. Bui The Hoa, the Head of the District’s Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, says: The children have been more taken care of during holidays and Tet. 100% of children have their birth registered, 100% of the children under the age of 6 have been issued health insurance cards. 100% of the communal health stations use the pregnancy management tables and maternal and child health monitoring books. The rate of malnutrition has gradually decreased over the years, and the children's health has improved in a positive direction.

The communes and the towns have implemented many measures to control and prevent injuries to reduce the number of children dying from drowning, such as placing the prohibition signs, warning signs or fences in the places at risk of insecurity or frequent drowning. The sectors and organizations have coordinated to communicate knowledge and skills to ensure the implementation of children's rights and duties; Guiding the families on the measures to overcome and prevent abuse of children's lives, health, spirit, and dignity, and at the same time they have equipped them with the knowledge and skills to carry out their responsibilities of care, education, and child protection; Guiding and implementing the coordination between schools, families, and society in preventing and combating school violence and child sexual abuse.

In 2023, there were 137 communication meetings held in the area with nearly 35,900 participants. The District’s Youth Communist Union organized 20 propaganda campaigns to prevent school violence, drowning and accidents and injuries for over 18,700 children, integrating the vivid visual propaganda into the summer activities with 67 campaigns for over 12,500 children; The district’s Health Center organized 50 propaganda sessions to disseminate knowledge about gender and reproductive health to the adolescents and young people with nearly 4,600 attendees; The district’s Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs coordinated with World Vision to organize a mock trial in Quyet Thang commune, thereby it helped disseminate the legal regulations on the crimes of sexual abuse and child marriage with the participation of more than 600 students, parents and citizens; The district’s Women's Union organized 24 thematic talks and seminars for 2,150 participants; The Justice Department coordinated with the Legal Aid Branch No. 4 to organize 4 legal dissemination and education conferences integrating the topics. Of gender equality and child sexual abuse for more than 400 turns of people.

Along with that, the network of preschools, primary schools, and secondary schools has been developing, and the construction of the safe and child-friendly schools has increasingly been expanding. In the whole district there are 59 schools, 205 school sites with over 30,000 students. The school attendance rate at the right age at the primary and secondary levels has reached 100%. The indicators of education for children and the quality of universal education have been improved. The emulation movement "Building friendly schools, active students” and the campaigns to create green, clean, beautiful, safe and friendly environmental landscapes in schools have been promoted. In the whole district there are 21 stadium built to meet the standards, 1 entertainment spot in the district center and a number of privately-invested entertainment spots at the tourism destinations, 241 out of the 252 villages and hamlets have cultural houses and the sites for the community activities, 100% of the schools have playgrounds and exercise areas for the students.

According to the Head of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of the district, in addition to the basic advantages, the work of protecting and caring for children still has many difficulties due to the local socio-economic conditions, facilities and playing areas for the children that do not meet the requirements. Notably, the injuries to the children still occur. In 2023, in the area there were 7 cases of children drowning. In addition to continuing to pay more attention to the child care, protecting children's rights and increasing children's participation in many forms, the district wants the State to increase the investment resources for the child care, education and protection; The Education and Training sector needs to organize more forms of learning, extracurricular guidance, and skills education for the children so that they can study, play, communicate, integrate and be equipped with the skills to cope with emerging situations happening in life.