Extra efforts needed to ensure gender equality for ethnic women
With diverse specific actions taken, Vietnam has gained remarkable achievements in promoting gender equality and ensuring the rights of ethnic minority women.
Hanoi (VNA) – With diverse specific actions taken, Vietnam hasgained remarkable achievements in promoting gender equality and ensuring therights of ethnic minority women.
Vietnam has developed a fairly progressive national legalframework for gender equality and women's empowerment, including policies topromote gender equality in the ethnic minority-inhabited areas. The Law onGender Equality (2006), the National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2011-2020,and the national programmes on gender equality for 2011-2015 and 2016-2020 allcontain provisions to promote gender equality among the ethnic minority groups.
In addition, specific policies for these areas such as theproject on minimising child marriage and consanguine marriage among ethnicminorities in the 2015-2025 period, the project on gender equality supportactivities in ethnic minority areas for 2018-2025, and the Master Plan forSocio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minorities and Mountainous Areas in the2021-2030 period have been issued as well.
Most recently on October 14, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh signed a decision approving thenational target programme on socio-economic development for the mountainous andethnic-inhabited areas for the 2021-2030 period.
The programme includes a special project for ethnic women,marking the first time that a national target programme has a specific projecton gender equality. Investment capital for the 2021-2025 period will be over 2.38trillion VND (104 million USD) and that of the 2026-2030 period will be over1.35 trillion VND.
According to the report “Figures on Ethnic Minority Womenand Men in Vietnam 2015-2019,” along with the “Policy Brief: Gender issues inethnic minority areas in Vietnam,” conducted by UN Women with financial supportfrom the Embassy of Ireland in Vietnam, Vietnam made outstanding achievementsin gender equality in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in the period of2015 to 2019, including a drop of 4.7 percent in the rate of child marriage inethnic minority groups.
However, a number of ethnic women are still facing barriers in gaining accessto and enjoying fruits of the development. Many of them lack opportunities tomake decisions in issues related to their life.
Therefore, Vietnam needs more solutions to ensure gender equalityfor ethnic women./.
Gender equality will be added into village codes and conventions – the code of ethics developed by the community that has long played an important role in managing social relations in the community in Vietnam.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) together with UN agencies in Vietnam on November 12 launched the national action month for gender quality and gender-based violence prevention and response, which will take place from November 15 to December 15.
Vietnam always gives priority to promoting gender equality, narrowing the gender gap and creating equal opportunities for women and men to participate in and benefit from all aspects of social life, contributing to the sustainable development of the country, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Le Thi Thu Hang has said.
The northern province of Quang Ninh has enjoyed fruitful results in preventing and settling gender-based violence thanks to its effective measures to raise public awareness of gender equality and support victims of violence in the community.
The programmes have brought about positive changes to rural infrastructure, comprehensively improved the material and spiritual lives of farmers, and contributed to Vietnam's economic restructuring, said PM Pham Minh Chinh.
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UNICEF stands ready to support the Government in implementing this important law and in continuing to invest in teachers as the cornerstone of a resilient, inclusive, and high-quality education system for all children.
PM Pham Minh Chinh highlighted how Vietnam's revolutionary press has continuously evolved and strengthened over the past century, affirming its role as a sharp and vital political, cultural, and ideological weapon serving the Fatherland and the people in the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party.
Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai highlighted the growing demand for Vietnamese workers in Kyushu, especially in Fukuoka, Oita, and Saga prefectures. Currently, the region employs about 35,000 Vietnamese manual workers and over 5,000 IT engineers.
In Vietnam’s case, she said, President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated his strategic vision by founding the revolutionary press a century ago. The late leader understood the press's role not only as a means to reflect the country’s realities but also as a powerful tool to strengthen national unity and inspire the resistance wars and national construction process.
In recent interviews granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporters in Mexico, prominent figures reflected on the press’s legacy and its global influence.
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Today, the press for foreign service has evolved into a distinct, irreplaceable force, bridging Vietnam with the world and portraying a nation that is stable, peace-loving, and fully integrated into the international community.
At a review conference held on June 21, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh praised the province’s scientific, coordinated, and flexible approach. He noted that the early completion reflects the strong commitment of local authorities, the business community, philanthropists, and residents in improving housing conditions for disadvantaged groups.
The VNA delegation, led by General Director Vu Viet Trang, actively participated in the event, engaging in both professional and diplomatic activities.
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Granma and the VNA have great potential for cooperation, especially in sharing content regularly, so that VNA products are published on Granma platforms and vice versa, thereby helping Cuban and Vietnamese people access true information and gain a deep understanding of each other's country and people.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
Since President Ho Chi Minh founded Thanh Nien (Young People) newspaper in 1925, the Vietnamese revolutionary press has become the voice of the people. During the resistance war against the colonialists, journalists took great personal risks to inspire patriotism and the will of rising up against foreign invaders.
The total investment exceeded 319 billion VND (12.2 million USD), including over 261 billion VND from the state budget and 57.5 billion VND mobilised from businesses, organisations, and individuals.
Ethnic women (Photo: thanhtra.com.vn) 
