VOV.VN - The nation’s human development index (HDI) value for 2019 stood at 0.704, thereby putting the country in the high human development category and earning it a position of 117th out of 189 nations and territories globally.

VOV.VN - To mark the Action Month for Gender Equality and Gender-Based Violence Prevention, 12 representatives of UN agencies working Vietnam have produced a video clip thanking local frontline staff for protecting women and children from gender-based violence.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) convened its second Special Meeting via video conference from November 23 to 25, the last official meeting chaired by Vietnam in its capacity as AICHR Chair 2020.

VOV.VN - A total of nine Vietnamese enterprises have been granted the Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs) at a national level during an awards ceremony held on November 26 in Hanoi.

The first-ever symphony concert to promote gender equality in Vietnam will premiere at the Hanoi Opera House on November 27, the organisers have announced.

The 2020 national action month for gender equality and the prevention and control of violence against women and girls was launched in the northern city of Hai Phong on November 6.

Leaders of some top businesses in Vietnam on October 22 signed the commitment to supporting the women’s empowerment principles (WEPs), an initiative of the UN Women and the UN Global Compact.

A campaign called “Career has no gender” has been launched to promote gender equality in workplaces nationwide, Le Thanh Hang, Director of the Vietnam Business Coalition for Women’s Empowerment (VBCWE), said on October 20.

A conference to review the results of the project “Enhancing Opportunities for Women’s Enterprises" (EOWE) was jointly organised by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation in Vietnam (SNV) in Hanoi on October 12.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has voiced Vietnam’s commitment to promoting gender equality and women’s rights in a message delivered to a high-level meeting of the United Nations to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women on October 1.