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A UN Women delegation led by its President of Executive Board Gonzalo Koncke Pizzorno shared experience in promoting gender equality with the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) of the central city of Da Nang at a meeting on December 10.

A workshop entitled “Access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence: Gaps in policies and implementation” took place in Hanoi on December 3.

More than 300 volunteers in the central city of Da Nang joined a meeting on November 30 to support the campaign of preventing domestic violence against women and girls.

The Vietnam Farmers’ Union and the United Nations Population Fund co-organised a running event in Hanoi on November 23 in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (November 25).

A campaign was launched in Hanoi on November 18 in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25).

Vietnam is well aware that gender equality is a basic human right which is both a national objective and an important factor to the socio-economic development, National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said at a meeting on gender equality in Hanoi on October 28.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong said she hoped the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) would enhance its role in promoting gender equality as part of the post-2015 sustainable development targets.

National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong is participating in a host of activities at the ongoing 131st Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

The International Association For Official Statistics (IAOS) is organising a conference in the central city of Da Nang on October 8-10, according to the Vietnamese General Statistics Office (GSO).

The 47th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting on August 10 issued a joint communiqué on its outcomes. Following is the full text of the Communiqué.

Vietnam has affirmed its consistent policy on protecting and promoting human rights at the ongoing 26th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) held in Geneva, Switzerland.

ASEAN is strongly committed to the prevention and fight against sexual violence, particularly sexual violence in armed conflict.

The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) has held its eighth meeting to review the progress of 24 projects and activities under the ACWC Work Plan for the 2012-2016 period.

An action plan for 2014 to further promote and protect the rights of women and children have been adopted at a recent meeting of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), said the ASEAN Secretariat.

A meeting in response to the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25) was organised in the northern province of Hai Duong on November 26.

A parade took place in Hanoi on November 24, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in an effort to raise public awareness of gender equality.

A campaign calling for an end to violence against women was launched in Hanoi on November 22.

The 2013 Orange Day (October 25) was observed worldwide under the heading “Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls”, said UN Women on October 25.