On the morning of August 23, at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered an online speech at the 3rd ASEAN Women Leaders Summit with the theme "Promoting a caring and resilient economy towards the ASEAN Community after 2025".
The conference was attended by senior leaders, Ministers in charge of women's development and gender equality, and many outstanding female business representatives from ASEAN countries, Timor-Leste, partner countries and representatives of the United Nations.
The Vietnamese delegation attending the conference included Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha and leaders of the Department of Gender Equality and the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs.
Following Vietnam's initiative during the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, the third ASEAN Women Leaders' Summit is a clear demonstration of ASEAN's commitment and efforts in promoting gender equality, enhancing the role and great contributions of women and girls to family and society.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivers an online speech at the third ASEAN Women Leaders Summit (Photo: VGP).
Speaking at the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the great contributions of women, both as a solid supporter in improving the quality of life of each family and as pioneers in promoting sustainable social development.
The Prime Minister shared with the Conference the results of implementing Vietnam's national gender equality goals in 2023, of which 11/20 targets met and exceeded the targets of the National Strategy on Gender Equality 2025; 3/20 targets met part of the targets set for 2030, of which 12 targets achieved better results than in 2022.
In 2023, the average number of hours women do unpaid housework and care work is 1.78 times that of men, approaching the target of 1.7 times by 2025. Vietnam's gender equality index in 2023 ranked 72/146 countries, up 11 places compared to 2022.
The Prime Minister stressed the need to promote cooperation to develop women's potential and liberate their labor force, strengthen the care economy and self-reliance towards the ASEAN Community after 2025, with a comprehensive, all-people and global approach, with the effective participation of the whole society, the whole government, the whole community and the whole region.
In that spirit, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that ASEAN countries focus on implementing solutions through "3 enhancements", such as raising awareness and thinking about the role of women; enhancing innovation, improving infrastructure, building a system of public health services and healthcare that is high quality, accessible and affordable, especially in poor, remote and isolated areas; increasing investment in human resource training and vocational training for workers...
Vietnam's gender equality index in 2023 ranked 72/146 countries, up 11 places compared to 2022 (Photo: Nguyen Son).
At the Conference, Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha shared: "Vietnam always attaches importance to promoting gender equality, promoting the role, contributions and benefits of women in all aspects of social life, especially in the economic and labor fields".
Regarding promoting the care economy, Vietnamese law regulates "Care work" in the direction of recognition, reduction, and redistribution; considering unpaid care work to have an equal role with paid work.
"These are progressive regulations and ensure the promotion of gender equality. The Vietnamese Government has issued regulations and policies on domestic help, creating a legal corridor for the development of the social care system.
In addition to public social care services, Vietnam is also encouraging agencies, organizations and individuals to participate in developing facilities and community care models through preferential policies on tax, land, credit, etc. to support households in more easily accessing and using social care services according to their needs," said Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha.
Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone highly appreciated the participation, speech and contribution of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and representatives of Vietnamese female leaders at the Conference and respectfully invited Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to visit Laos and attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related conferences in October 2024 in Vientiane.
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