Progress seen in gender equality promotion in Vietnam: official

Vietnam has made considerable progress in promoting gender equality over the past years, and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) has been applying itself to this work, said VWU Vice President Nguyen Thi Minh Huong.

Huong cited the UNDP’s Human Development Report as saying that in 2022, Vietnam ranked 107 among the 193 countries and territories in terms of the Human Development Index (HDI). Its Gender Development Index (GDI) alone stood at the 91st position, higher than its HDI as well as the ranking of its economy as calculated on the basis of per capita GDP (101st among 179 economies in 2022). With this GDI, Vietnam was in the top group, which recorded the highest equality in terms of human development between males and females.

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