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Greater efforts are needed for women to make up 30 percent of deputies in the 14th National Assembly (NA) as targeted by the NA Standing Committee, insiders have said.

Women participating in a seminar on May 11 in the central province of Binh Thuan said collaboration on gender issues was essential in building laws and policies.

A training workshop strengthening capacity of gender mainstreaming in financial policy making was opened in Hanoi on May 11.

Ho Chi Minh City has outpaced the national average in terms of several gender equality-related criteria, taking the lead in efforts for the advancement of women.

Vietnam always pledges to promote gender equality and ensure rights of women and girls, said Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam.

Women take 24.2 percent of the seats in Vietnam’s National Assembly in the 13th tenure (2011 – 2016), ranking the country 54th among the 190 surveyed nations and fourth among the 10 ASEAN members.

Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Thi Thu Hong received a delegation from the Australian Political Exchange Council (APEC) in Hanoi on April 12.

As the country’s National Assembly election day, scheduled for May 22, approaches, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is promoting stronger political participation by women.

People’s organisations in Vietnam have launched long, mid and short-term programmes in poverty reduction, health care, education, thus contributing to the fulfillment of MDGs and SDGs.

Vietnam’s education sector has been empowered to ensure gender equality thanks to an initiative jointly launched by the Ministry of Education and Training and UNESCO.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Thi Hai Chuyen highlighted Vietnam’s achievements in empowering women in New York.

The ASEAN pledges to continue to play its part, at both national and regional levels, in advancing the causes of women across the region.

A seminar looking at the labour law in relation to contracted guest workers’ gender equality was held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 11.

The United Nations in Vietnam organised a workshop concerning the youths’ role in boosting gender equality in Vietnam in Hanoi on March 7.

Young people joined in a bus journey through various locations in Hanoi to promote gender equality on March 6.

Large photos depicting men taking care of their children are hung on the wall surrounding the Swedish Embassy as part of an on-going exhibition entitled Swedish Dads.

A policy dialogue on gender equality was held in Hanoi on March 4.

The Belgium Embassy, the UN Women, and the Vietnam Women’s Museum co-hosted a ceremony to award winners of a satirical drawing contest on gender equality in Hanoi on March 1.

A range of activities will be held this month to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), the 1976th anniversary of the Trung sisters’ uprising and 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize.

Communication plays an important role in improving awareness and the practice of gender equality, and in promoting support for women’s stronger political participation, said a Party official.