Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 5 Gender equality

Vietnam builds new national strategy on gender equality

More than 80 experts from governmental agencies, domestic and international organizations, and academia attended “The launching workshop on the review of the National Strategy on Gender Equality and the development of the new National Strategy on Gender Equality 2021-2030” in Hanoi on December 6.Vietnam is ...

Policy dialogue highlights youngsters’ scientific researches

The UN Women and UNESCO in Vietnam jointly held a policy dialogue on the youth’s scientific research activities in Hanoi on December 3 as part of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign.A representative from a youth group researching the role of women in the family and community in the La Ha ...

Seminar seeks measures to promote women’s economic empowerment

The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Australian Chamber of Commerce (AusCham) organised a seminar on October 22 to seek measures to enhance economic empowerment of women and promote gender equality.The Consul General pointed out that in Vietnam, women earn, on ...

Better awareness of women’s political participation needed: minister

At a conference reviewing the 10-year implementation of the Law on Gender Equality held in Hanoi on October 17, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung noted an important change over the past years is that there has been an observable improvement in men’s ...

SAP and UNICEF partner to give young people in Viet Nam job skills training

On 30/9, SAP and UNICEF announced a new partnership to provide quality education, life skills and digital skills training to adolescents in disadvantaged communities in Viet Nam, preparing them for decent work and active citizenship.The three-year partnership, joining hands with the Government of Viet Nam, ...

Mobile banking project launched for low income people, women

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) on September 6 officially launched the project “Mobile Banking – Financial Inclusion and Economic Empowerment for Low-Income People and Women in Vietnam” – Phase 2 (Mobile Banking 2).The project is funded by the Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade ...

Ethnic minority women need more support

Women from ethnic minority groups still face limited access to beneficial development policies, a conference in Hà Nội heard on Monday. The workshop was held to discuss challenges and solutions to promote the development of ethnic women with the aim of leaving no one behind.Nguyễn Thị Mai Hoa from the National ...

Programme helps empower ethnic minority women via 4.0 technology

A conference was held in the northern province of Bac Kan on July 17 to connect ethnic minority women with partners under a programme supporting them to develop economic activities via Industry 4.0 technology. The programme, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will enable ...

Ethnic minorities contribute to review of historic women’s rights

On July 11, the Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs (CEMA) and UN Women held a consultation workshop in support of Viet Nam’s review of the report on the 25-year implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and invited ethnic minorities to share their perspective. The ...

Over 50 green startup ideas honoured

The Vietnam Women’s Union collaborated with the Vietnam Climate Innovation Centre (VCIC) to organise a ceremony in Hanoi, on June 24, to honour 51 creative ideas at the third Proof-of Concept (PoC) competition under the theme “Women and the future of green economy”.Launched in January ...

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