The emancipation of women is the responsibility of the Party, the State,mass organisations, the entire society and every single individual,Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said, adding it must beinstitutionalised in the Party’s policies and guidelines and the State’slegal system.
He was speaking at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 19 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU).
Onbehalf of the Party and State, the party chief warmly cheered hugeachievements and progress the VWU has yielded over 80 years and praisedthose women and collectives who made outstanding and valuablecontributions to the nation as well as the advancement of women.
Hespoke of the VWU’s well performance of its role in representing andprotecting women’s legitimate rights, as well as in uniting, mobilizingand instructing women to implement the Party’s guidelines and policiesand laws, helping them constantly catch up with new requirements of thenational construction and defence in the present period.
Reviewingthe VWU’s development course, VWU President Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoaunderscored that the organisation has over the past 80 years grown into amainstream socio-political organisation playing the core in gatheringwomen of all walks of life and encouraging them to play an active partin the national liberation cause in the past and the currentconstruction and defence.
She noted that the VWU has also workedhard to defend women’s rights to equality and democracy as well astheir legitimate interests.
On the celebration, Deputy PrimeMinister Nguyen Thien Nhan presented the Golden Star Order, the highestdistinction of the Party and the State, to the VWU, in acknowledgment ofthe organisation’s extremely extraordinary services to the nation andParty’s revolutionary cause.
This is the second time the Golden Star Order has been conferred to the VWU.
Also at the event, the Vietnam Women Award 2010 was given to four collectives and 13 role individuals.
Since its inception in 2003, the award has so far been presented to 26 collectives and 57 women./.
He was speaking at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 19 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU).
Onbehalf of the Party and State, the party chief warmly cheered hugeachievements and progress the VWU has yielded over 80 years and praisedthose women and collectives who made outstanding and valuablecontributions to the nation as well as the advancement of women.
Hespoke of the VWU’s well performance of its role in representing andprotecting women’s legitimate rights, as well as in uniting, mobilizingand instructing women to implement the Party’s guidelines and policiesand laws, helping them constantly catch up with new requirements of thenational construction and defence in the present period.
Reviewingthe VWU’s development course, VWU President Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoaunderscored that the organisation has over the past 80 years grown into amainstream socio-political organisation playing the core in gatheringwomen of all walks of life and encouraging them to play an active partin the national liberation cause in the past and the currentconstruction and defence.
She noted that the VWU has also workedhard to defend women’s rights to equality and democracy as well astheir legitimate interests.
On the celebration, Deputy PrimeMinister Nguyen Thien Nhan presented the Golden Star Order, the highestdistinction of the Party and the State, to the VWU, in acknowledgment ofthe organisation’s extremely extraordinary services to the nation andParty’s revolutionary cause.
This is the second time the Golden Star Order has been conferred to the VWU.
Also at the event, the Vietnam Women Award 2010 was given to four collectives and 13 role individuals.
Since its inception in 2003, the award has so far been presented to 26 collectives and 57 women./.
