Vietnam ranks 72nd out of 146 countries in the gender equality index this year, while the rate of female representatives in the National Assembly is always high and currently stands at 30.26%.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son of Vietnam and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia Penny Wong signed a plan of action to implement their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for the 2024-2027 period, in Adelaide, on October 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and India pledged to realise an action plan on their comprehensive strategic partnership for 2024-2028 during a meeting in New York on September 23 between Party General Secretary and President To Lam of Vietnam and Prime Minister Narenda Modi of India.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Minh Hang recently held separate meetings with Danish Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Ole Thonke who is in charge of the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) Summit, and the organising board of the first edition of the summit in 2018.

A national digital library on explosive ordnance risk education was officially launched on August 9 by the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC) with support from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Vietnam and the US Department of State.

VOV.VN - The launch of the National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP WPS) comes at a critical juncture with global challenges impacting all women and girls around the world amid continued discrimination, making this plan more crucial than ever, Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, said in her video message on the occasion of the nation’s August 8 announcement of the plan.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an official ceremony to announce Decision No. 101 made by the Prime Minister on promulgating the first National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

Around 2,000 people took part in a run for a drug-free community in Hanoi on June 30.

The Government on June 19 issued a resolution outlining an action programme to implement the Politburo's Resolution No. 43-NQ/TW, dated November 24, 2023, on promoting traditions and strenthening the great national solidarity bloc for a more prosperous and happier country.

A photo contest on actions for the blue ocean was recently launched by the Natural Resources and Environment Magazine in response to the action month for environment 2024.