The 2017 APEC High Level Policy Dialogue on Women and the Economy was held in Hue city on September 29, focusing on policy recommendations to enhance women’s inclusion and economic empowerment.
How to increase women’s presence in transportation, a sector that is still dominated by men, was the focus of the APEC Women in Transportation (WiT) Forum in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on September 27.
Over 80 delegates including women entrepreneurs gathered in Kathmandu capital city of Nepal on September 11 to take part in the first Across Barriers-International Business Women's Summit.
The Australian Embassy will begin on August 15 accepting applications for its Direct Aid Programme (DAP) grant round 2017-18 for projects in northern Vietnam, which covers provinces north of, and including, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai participated in the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference on women’s economic empowerment in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 25-26.
“Economic empowerment for women is a strong commitment and one of the priorities of the Vietnamese Government,” Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung said on March 13.
Women’s economic empowerment was the focus of a round-table discussion held in Hanoi on March 3 by the UN in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).
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