Vice President attends 2019 Global Summit of Women
Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has called on nations, organisations and enterprises to join hands in building a legal framework to ensure equality in terms of opportunities for women and help them get adaptive to the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (fourth from left) (Source: VNA)
Geneva (VNA) – Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh has calledon nations, organisations and enterprises to join hands in building a legalframework to ensure equality in terms of opportunities for women and help themget adaptive to the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Addressing the 2019Global Summit of Women in Basel, Switzerland on July 4 evening (local time),Thinh said that the development of science and technology may pose a risk ofincreasing gender gap if women are not equipped with new knowledge, skills andlabour methods.
She advised women toexert efforts to promote their potential and actively improve themselves tobetter meet requirements of high-quality jobs and labour movement in thedigital era.
She emphasisedVietnam’s efforts to create favourable conditions for women to do business andencourage them to get involved in science, technology and hi-tech agriculture.
Global Summit ofWomen's President Irene Natividad and other international delegates spokehighly of Vietnam’s achievements in ensuring gender equality and empowermentfor women, as well as the dynamism of its female entrepreneurs.
On the same day, theVietnamese delegation also participated in and made contributions to activitiesof the summit, including a Ministerial Roundtable discussing the role ofPublic-Private Partnerships in Advancing Economic Opportunities for Women andGirls, a “Doing Business with Switzerland” forum, and aLeadership Forum themed “Helping to Run Countries”.
The Global Summit of Women has been heldannually since 1990. It aims to expanding women’s economic opportunitiesglobally through exchanges of working solutions and creative strategies forgedby women leaders in different parts of the world. It is a business summit, whose ‘business’focus is women’s advancement in the global economy.
This year’s summit is taking place in Baselfrom July 4-6 under the theme of “Women:Re-Defining Success”. It attracts the participation of 1,600 delegates fromover 70 countries and territories.
On the sidelines ofthe event, the Vietnamese Vice President received Nadine Girault, Minister ofInternational Relations and La Francophonie of Canada’s Quebec state, whoexpressed her hope that Vietnam will facilitate operation of investors from Canadain general and Quebec in particular.-VNA
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The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
The UN Secretary-General praised Vietnam’s remarkable achievements in socio-economic development and international integration in recent years, noting that the country has emerged as a model in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), promoting international peace and security, and engaging in key UN processes.
Nghia affirmed that this is a milestone of special significance, affirming and honouring the the Vietnamese revolutionary press’s glorious tradition of 100 years of serving the revolutionary cause of the Party, serving the Fatherland, and serving the people.
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Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, President Cuong said, the press has been a steadfast force on the ideological and cultural front, rallying the masses to pursue national aspirations.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man stressed the need to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence and smart teaching equipment, innovate teaching and assessment methods, and further improve the quality of formal education.
Vietnamese Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh (fourth from left) (Source: VNA) 
