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.

With Vietnam celebrating the 44th anniversary of joining the United Nations this month, Caitlin Wiesen, resident representative in Vietnam for the United Nations Development Programme, pores over the country's progress in human development and the challenges ahead to tackle various inequalities.

The Government has set 17 sustainable development goals to 2030, in Decree No 136/NQ-CP which was issued recently.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) co-hosted an event on September 24 to release the independent Review of Ten Years of Implementing the Law on Gender Equality.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam is inviting entries for a competition themed “Speak Up – Take Action” to raise public awareness of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and girls in Vietnam.

A contest on making a short clip with the theme “Girls deserve to shine” was launched in Hanoi on August 10, with the aim of raising public awareness about gender-biased sex selection in pregnancies.

Enhancing state management on climate change is one of the major measures set in the national plan on climate change adaptation for 2021-2030, with a vision towards 2050, recently issued by the Prime Minister.

Young Vietnamese women now raise a stronger voice against violence compared to a decade ago, a conference in Hanoi on July 14 heard.