An overview ò the working session (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – A delegationfrom the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) led by its permanent Vice President Do ThiThu Thao held a working session with the Permanent Mission of Vietnam tothe United Nations headquarters in New York during a recent working trip to the US.
During the meeting, Thaopraised the achievements of the mission in recent times,including the important contributions of the female staff. She affirmed that the VWU pays great attention to international cooperation on gender equalityand ensuring women's rights via both bilateral and multilateral channels.
The VWU has special affectionand concern for Vietnamese women living abroad and will continue to carry out meaningfulinitiatives and activities to strengthen the connection between Vietnamesewomen at home and abroad, contributing to enhancing the great national unitybloc, while attracting more resources to serve the country's socio-economicdevelopment, Thao said.
The Charge d'Affaires a.i of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, Nguyen Hoang Nguyen hailedthe significance of the VWU delegation’s working trip in the context that genderequality and ensuring women's rights is always a top priority of UN's agenda andactivities. The diplomat said that the achievements that Vietnam has obtained in this field are an important foundation for the country to continue to promoteits role and contribute to the issues related to gender equality and women'sempowerment.
The mission hopes tocoordinate more closely with the VWU in the coming time to jointly promoteVietnam's priorities and concerns at the UN. This is especially so while Vietnam is undertaking itsrole as a member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for GenderEquality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the 2025-2027 term, Nguyensaid.
While in New York, the VWUdelegation also visited the UN headquarters and had a meeting with UN Women DeputyExecutive Director Kirsi Madi./.
