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Vietnam has had a relatively complete legal framework for ensuring women’s rights in all fields, particularly politics, but heads of all-level authorities, sectors, and the entire political system must take joint actions to achieve substantive gender equality, heard a seminar in Can Tho city on March 7.

Prime Minister approves programme “Enhancing equal participation of women in leadership and management positions in different policy-making levels for 2021-2030 period”.

The participation of Vietnamese women in the political system in recent years is creating positive impacts on the nation's development.

From the first National Assembly with 10 female deputies (accounting for 3%), to the 14th National Assembly, the number has increased to 132 deputies - a relatively high percentage compared to other countries and territories in the world.

Vietnam has recorded gender equality achievements in political and economic sectors since the Law on Gender Equality took effect.

Exchanges of female members between the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan will create a new channel of cooperation for the Vietnam-Japan strategic partnership, said Truong Thi Mai, Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission on Mass Mobilisation, on July 11.

The number of Vietnamese women in senior positions in public companies is still very small, but the picture does appear brighter if one looks at Vietnam's largest companies.