nestle vietnam receives two un women awards for advancing gender equality

Nestlé Vietnam receives two UN Women awards for advancing gender equality

Nestlé Vietnam has recently been honoured with the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Awards in the categories of Community and Industry Engagement and Gender-Inclusive Workplace.
symphony concert girls deserve to shine

Symphony concert “Girls Deserve to Shine”

On the occasion of the National Action Month on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence Against Women and Girls, the United Nations Population Fund in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra will organise a Symphony concert “Girls Deserve to Shine” on Friday, November 27, from 8-10 pm at the Haoi Opera House.
promoting equality with agriculture

Promoting equality with agriculture

Gender equality has been improving even in the most poor and remote areas, according to surveys carried out through Oxfam, with the voice of women growing stronger in the family.
vietnam joins us led call to action on womens economic empowerment

Vietnam joins US-led Call to Action on Women’s Economic Empowerment

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), has represented Vietnam to sign the new US-led Call to Action on Women’s Economic Empowerment, together with other 31 UN member states.
policy credit the fulcrum to enhance vietnamese womens position

Policy credit: The fulcrum to enhance Vietnamese women’s position

Achievements in realising the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies’s (VBSP) policy credit programmes have made significant contributions to poverty alleviation through improving gender equality in Vietnam.
vietnamese women rising to the top

Vietnamese women rising to the top

Along with the efforts of the government and organisations in promoting gender equality, Vietnamese women are trying their best to consolidate their role and position in society.
vbsp promotes womens empowerment and gender equality

VBSP promotes women’s empowerment and gender equality

Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) aims to promote sustainable poverty alleviation, water and environmental sanitation, women's empowerment, gender equality, disability inclusion, and social security.
ambassadors send tet greetings gender equality messages with female footballers

Ambassadors send Tet greetings, gender equality messages with female footballers

Foreign ambassadors have extended their greetings ahead of Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival in a video featuring the national women’s football team.
a trailblazing contribution to equality

A trailblazing contribution to equality

Vietnam’s efforts to improve gender equality have borne fruit at the recently-concluded 30th SEA Games, held in the Philippines. It is now hoped that this will help the country maintain its impressive progress on the global Human Development Index. Phuong Hao reports.
startup skills help empower ethnic women forum

Startup skills help empower ethnic women: forum

Providing ethnic women with startup skills is a positive way to expand women’s empowerment and embed gender equality, heard a forum held by the Institute for Studies of Society, Economy and Environment (iSEE) and Canadian non-profit organisation Artistri Sud in Hanoi on October 21.
gender equality helps reduce sex imbalance at birth official

Gender equality helps reduce sex imbalance at birth: official

Raising public awareness of gender equality as well as improving status of women and girls are considered as keys to reduce the unbalanced sex ratio at birth, said Deputy General Director of the General Office for Population - Family Planning Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan on October 8.
gender equality the key to business sustainable development

Gender equality – The key to business sustainable development

A corporation needs not only a diverse business culture, but also gender equality, which is considered the key for businesses’ sustainable development.
gender equality trisector challenge

Gender equality: trisector challenge

Heralded by the hashtag #balanceforbetter, International Women’s Day 2019 arrives on March 8 with the simple aim of creating a gender-balanced work world. While balance is important for all workers in an organisation, it is something more relevant for women who are often expected to juggle their career and family. Many have to balance bringing home a paycheck and bringing up their children, and even between compassion and ambition.
it for men is yesterdays story

IT for men is yesterday’s story

Women nowadays play an important role in many sectors, including business, education, healthcare – even information technology (IT), the sector which people used to think belongs only to men.
kpmg celebrates diversity ahead of international womens day

KPMG celebrates diversity ahead of International Women's Day

Financial services firm KPMG Vietnam believes that an inclusive environment is always good for business.