Geneva (VNA) – Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has calledon nations, organisations and enterprises to join hands in building a legalframework to ensure equality in terms of opportunities for women and help themget adaptive to the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Addressing the 2019Global Summit of Women in Basel, Switzerland on July 4 evening (local time),Thinh said that the development of science and technology may pose a risk ofincreasing gender gap if women are not equipped with new knowledge, skills andlabour methods.
She advised women toexert efforts to promote their potential and actively improve themselves tobetter meet requirements of high-quality jobs and labour movement in thedigital era.
She emphasisedVietnam’s efforts to create favourable conditions for women to do business andencourage them to get involved in science, technology and hi-tech agriculture.
Global Summit ofWomen's President Irene Natividad and other international delegates spokehighly of Vietnam’s achievements in ensuring gender equality and empowermentfor women, as well as the dynamism of its female entrepreneurs.
On the same day, theVietnamese delegation also participated in and made contributions to activitiesof the summit, including a Ministerial Roundtable discussing the role ofPublic-Private Partnerships in Advancing Economic Opportunities for Women andGirls, a “Doing Business with Switzerland” forum, and aLeadership Forum themed “Helping to Run Countries”.
The Global Summit of Women has been heldannually since 1990. It aims to expanding women’s economic opportunitiesglobally through exchanges of working solutions and creative strategies forgedby women leaders in different parts of the world. It is a business summit, whose ‘business’focus is women’s advancement in the global economy.
This year’s summit is taking place in Baselfrom July 4-6 under the theme of “Women:Re-Defining Success”. It attracts the participation of 1,600 delegates fromover 70 countries and territories.
On the sidelines ofthe event, the Vietnamese Vice President received Nadine Girault, Minister ofInternational Relations and La Francophonie of Canada’s Quebec state, whoexpressed her hope that Vietnam will facilitate operation of investors from Canadain general and Quebec in particular.-VNA