 Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha addresses a conference in Hanoi to announce the National Report on 30 Years of Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Vietnam (1995-2025) on October 31, 2025. (Photo: Ha Nam/VOV) |
Vietnam's achievements in gender equality and women’s empowerment also includes placing 72nd out of 146 countries in last year's Global Gender Gap Index, according to the report, released Friday at a conference in Hanoi. The conference was chaired by the Ministry of Home Affairs, in collaboration with UN Women.
Through this report, Vietnam has made a strong commitment to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the future. We acknowledge and appreciate the UN Women's cooperation and contribution to this report as well as international forums on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha, said.
“Today's discussions will help us refine our policies on strengthening cooperation and mobilizing resources to realize the national strategy for gender equality 2021-2030 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” she added.
 Delegates at the conference take a commemorative photo. (Photo: Ha Nam/VOV) |
UN Women Country Representative in Vietnam, Caroline Nyamayemombe said UN Women will continue to work with the Ministry of Home Affairs, development partners, and relevant parties to turn Vietnam’s political commitments into tangible benefits for women and girls in all localities, communities, and families.
The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted unanimously by 189 countries in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. It aims to address women's concerns and advance their rights by the end of the 20th century. The National Report on 30 Years of Implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in Vietnam reviews Vietnam's progress in realizing the goals of this landmark text since 1995 till now. The report reaffirms Vietnam's political determination to accelerate the implementation of its international commitments on gender equality, in line with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.