Progress seen in gender equality promotion in Vietnam, says top official

Vice President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Minh Huong. - Image from Vietnam News/ANN

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Vietnam has made considerable progress in promoting gender equality over the past years, and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) has been applying itself to this work, said VWU Vice President Nguyen Thi Minh Huong.

Talking to the Vietnam News Agency, Huong said since the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by the UN in 1995, Vietnam has made strides in realising the commitments on women’s rights.