Women's Union enhances connection with Vietnamese women abroad
A delegation from the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) led by its permanent Vice President Do Thi Thu Thao held a working session with the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations headquarters in New York during a recent working trip to the US.
During the meeting, Thao praised 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 equality and ensuring women's rights via both bilateral and multilateral channels.
The VWU has special affection and concern for Vietnamese women living abroad and will continue to carry out meaningful initiatives and activities to strengthen the connection between Vietnamese women at home and abroad, contributing to enhancing the great national unity bloc, while attracting more resources to serve the country's socio-economic development, Thao said.
The Charge d'Affaires a.i of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, Nguyen Hoang Nguyen hailed the significance of the VWU delegation’s working trip in the context that gender equality and ensuring women's rights is always a top priority of UN's agenda and activities. The diplomat said that the achievements that Vietnam has obtained in this field are an important foundation for the country to continue to promote its role and contribute to the issues related to gender equality and women's empowerment.
The mission hopes to coordinate more closely with the VWU in the coming time to jointly promote Vietnam's priorities and concerns at the UN. This is especially so while Vietnam is undertaking its role as a member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) for the 2025-2027 term, Nguyen said.
While in New York, the VWU delegation also visited the UN headquarters and had a meeting with UN Women Deputy Executive Director Kirsi Madi.
