Participants at the event (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Vietnamese andRussian women should make more contributions to social and political activitiesin their respective countries, Hoang Thi Ai Nhien, Permanent VicePresident of the Vietnam Women's Union, said at the first Russian congressof young women in Moscow on November 18.
She also suggested women of the two countriesactively exchange and learn from each other to affirm their position in societyas well as realise the United Nations (UN)’s sustainable development goalsthrough 2030.
With a history of nearly 90 years, the VietnamWomen’s Union represents the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamesewomen and strives for women’s development and gender equality, Nhien said.
She hoped through this event, Russian women willunderstand better about Vietnamese land and people, especially a dynamic andinnovative Vietnam in the process of integration and development, as well asthe role and position of Vietnamese women.
On this occasion, the Vietnam Women’s Unioncoordinated with Russia’s Institute of Social Sciences to organise a photoexhibition on Vietnam-Russia friendship.
The exhibition highlighted the role of latePresident Ho Chi Minh in connecting the faithful amity between Vietnam andRussia, the Soviet Union’s support for Vietnam’s national cause of liberation,and the Vietnam-Russia bilateral relations in the new period./.
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