Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the South AfricanEmbassy in Vietnam held a seminar in Hanoi on August 30 discussing theVietnamese and South African women in leadership and global integration.
Speaking at the event, VWU Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Minh Huong said Vietnam always treasures ties with South Africa, identifying it as an important cooperation and development partner. The twocountries’ women play a great role in the national liberation cause as well asnational development and global integration at present.
First Secretary of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa Ha PhiNga said more Vietnamese women are taking leadership positions and joiningpolicymaking at all levels, making their active contributions to nationalsocio-economic development.
Over the past years, Vietnam has issued a number of regulations on female personnel work. However, those related to the Vietnamese women engaging in politicsremain asynchronous. Several policies have yet to create fair opportunities forwomen.
Opinions said that more women should be nominated for deputiesto the National Assembly and people’s councils. Favourable policies should beissued to assist women with children of less than 36 months in training and workrotation. They also proposed issuing retirement policy for female officials at thegrassroots level, improving the capacity and connectivity of female leaders’network, and upholding pioneering role of female leaders and managers at alllevels.
According to them, both Vietnamese and South African women areactively joining the global integration with important contributions. However, difficultiesremain facing them such as limited adaptation capacity and integration environment.
They discussed the possibility of connecting the two countries’women together in the near future, thus contributing to bilateral ties./.