The Australian Embassy on November 11 held a ceremony to launch the Equality Strategy in Vietnam in the 2022-2027 period, aiming to strengthen Australia's efforts in promoting gender equality, women and girls' empowerment, the social integration of persons with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, and LGBTI group.
Hanoi (VNA) -The Australian Embassy on November 11 held a ceremony to launch the EqualityStrategy in Vietnam in the 2022-2027 period, aiming to strengthen Australia'sefforts in promoting gender equality, women and girls' empowerment, the socialintegration of persons with disabilities, ethnic minority groups, and LGBTIgroup.
Addressing the event, Australian Ambassador AndrewGoledzinowski said that as Vietnam has set a target of becoming a high-incomecountry by 2045, it will need to find new sources of growth andresilience, while also ensuring sustainability.
Ensuring that all segments of the societycan participate in the economy and reach their full potentialwill be essential to Vietnam’s next stage of development, he stressed.
The diplomat said that the strategy aims toreaffirm the two countries' commitments in many areas, including human rights,women’s leadership, safety and economic empowerment, and so on.
The promotion of equality allows Vietnamese fromall parts of the country to contribute to the continued development of Vietnam,he said, stating that the Australian Government is always ready to supportVietnam in this process.
Meanwhile, Christine Clarke CSC, Australia'sAmbassador for Women and Girls said the country will continue to be present asinequality against women and girls continues.
Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs Nguyen Van Hoi hailed the role the Australian Embassy in Vietnam playsin promoting relations between the two countries and bilateral cooperation ingender equality.
He highlighted Vietnam’s progress in boostinggender equality in all fields, noting that women are taking 30.26% of the totalseats at National Assembly, ranking 60th out of the 193 countries in thisregard.
Hoi cited data from the World Economic Forum'sreport in July 2022 showing that Vietnam ranks 83th out of the 146 countries ingender equality index, up 4 steps over 2021, with improvement in the indicatorsof women empowerment, health care and education.
The Australia's Equality Strategy is framed aroundthe value of"equality" to support the rights of allpeople to make the most of their lives - with dignity, safety andrespect./.
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The strategic product, managed and operated by the Vietnam News Agency Digital Media Centre (VNA Media), is an official channel for popularising the Party and State’s information and documents as well as delivering mainstream and trustworthy news to both domestic and international audiences through various kinds of multimedia formats.
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Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
