The United Nations Population Fund Vietnam said on May 14 it had dissolved its partnership of Pham Anh Khoa as its ambassador on the prevention of violence against women and girls in the country, in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against the Rock singer.
The family planning work has contributed to stabilising the scale, structure and quality of the population, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien.
Vietnam is facing a significant shortage of skilled birth attendants in hard-to-reach areas and a significant difference in the competency of birth attendants in regions, according to midwifery, maternal, family planning reports.
The second National Survey on Women’s Health and Life Experience funded by the Australian Embassy in Vietnam was launched at a workshop in Hanoi on January 25.
A project sponsored by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to support Vietnam in developing and monitoring the implementation of policies on youth development was launched in Hanoi on December 21.
Though Vietnam has a golden population structure until 2042, with the rapid population aging speed like at present, economic gains from population will sharply decline from 2019.
A project to support the prevention and response to gender violence, domestic violence and on addressing sex work-related issues was launched in Hanoi on December 15.
The Government of Vietnam has always attached great importance to the population work, considering it as a key factor to the nation’s development, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Dinh Quy.
Statistics from countries whose senior citizens continue working show no increase in unemployment rate of young workers, an official of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam said.
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will help Vietnam fight gender-based and domestic violence under a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
UNFPA is going to assist Vietnamese agencies to collect and use high-quality data to serve the implementation of development plans and the Sustainable Development Goals until 2021.
Vietnam has recorded substantive improvement of its stature since it became a member of the United Nations (UN) four decades ago, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh affirmed in an interview posted on the Government web portal.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently approved a project on enhancing equality in sexual and reproductive health, family planning and medical response in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese feature film Dao Cua Dan Ngu Cu (The Way Station) has been awarded the Certificate of Appreciation by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) jointly held a ceremony in Hanoi on July 11 to mark 40 years of Vietnam-UNFPA cooperation and World Population Day (July 11).
It is necessary to switch the population policy’s focus from family planning to population and development, which is considered a policy revolution to thoroughly deal with population issues and improve the population’s quality, said an official.
Improving education and training, especially sexuality education, to enhance socio-economic development and gender equality is one of the main targets set for the ASEAN Cultural and Social Community.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has awarded Ritsu Nacken, Deputy Representative in Vietnam of the UNFPA a medal for her dedicated services in her three-year term in the country.
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