Vietnam pledges to further enhance cooperation with international organizations and partners, especially countries within the Mekong River Commission and Mekong-Lancang cooperation mechanism, to achieve sustainable cross-border water development goals, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has said.

The Ministry of Justice has recently co-chaired with the United Nations Population Fund Country Office in Vietnam to organize the review of the six-year implementation of the Civil Status Law. On this occasion, Ms. Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative for Vietnam, grants Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine an interview on the results Vietnam has achieved in civil status work as well as things that should be done in the future for fulfilling the country’s set goals.

The draft amended Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control is scheduled to be passed by the National Assembly at its year-end session this October. On this occasion, Ms. Naomi Kitahara, the United Nations Population Funds Representative for Vietnam, grants Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine an interview about Vietnam’s efforts and achievements in domestic violence prevention and control.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have pledged to undertake the follow-up activities of building a model in response to violence against women and girls in Vietnam.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) commits to supporting Vietnam to fulfill the promise of “Leaving no one behind,” said UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara.

Many projects and programs tailored to promote gender equality in all sectors have been implemented in Vietnam over the past decade, significantly contributing to changing the mindset of people on gender stereotypes and increasing the value of women and girls in the society, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam Naomi Kitahara has said.

The Executive Board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has approved the 10th Country Program for Vietnam in the amount of USD 26.5 million to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030.

The draft Law revising the 2015 Statistics Law is scheduled to be passed by the National Assembly at its 2021 year-end session. On this occasion, Nguyen Thi Huong, General Director of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam has a talk with correspondents from the Vietnam News Agency on the implementation of, as well as noteworthy amendments to, the 2015 Statistics Law.

The United Nations Population Fund Country Office in Vietnam has recently rendered technical support to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs in preparing a review report of 10 years of implementing the Law on Gender Equality of Vietnam. On this occasion, Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam, grants Vietnam Law & Legal Forum magazine an interview on the results achieved in Vietnam’s gender equality work as well as things that should be improved in the future.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) co-hosted an event on September 24 to release the independent Review of Ten Years of Implementing the Law on Gender Equality.