27-11-2020 17:16
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.
21-11-2020 12:39
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.
13-11-2020 12:50
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.
26-10-2020 11:25
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.
09-03-2020 14:46
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.
08-03-2020 17:28
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.
12-02-2020 17:52
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.
21-01-2020 21:31
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.
16-12-2019 09:00
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.
23-10-2019 11:10
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.
09-10-2019 15:39
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.
22-05-2019 08:00
A corporation needs not only a diverse business culture, but also gender equality, which is considered the key for businesses’ sustainable development.
14-03-2019 15:10
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.
07-03-2019 15:34
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.
07-03-2019 08:00
Financial services firm KPMG Vietnam believes that an inclusive environment is always good for business.