On behalf of the Vietnamese NA, Ngan said Vietnam always pushes up priorities on
agenda and initiatives related to women and girls, especially in the global
health crisis worsened by natural calamities and climate change.
Vietnam’s successful holding of a special ASEAN summit on the empowerment of
women in the digital era manifests the country’s strong commitment in the
acceleration of gender equality and empowerment of women.
The leader stressed that the work is always a consistent policy of the
Vietnamese State., and pointed out that there are still many things to do in
this work.
She proposed perfecting the framework of policies and laws to further push up
the work, called for further attention and resources to realise gender equality
in the society, and stressed the need to intensify parliamentary and law-making
activities for women to cope with the pandemic and boost their leading role in
emergencies.
Multi-lateral cooperation should be further broadened through legislative and
executive channels so as to help raise resources, share experience and implement
the gender equality towards achievement sustainable development goals, Ngan
concluded.
Source: VNA