United Nation’s Recommendations on Strengthening Gender Equality in the draft revised Law on Election of Deputies to the National Assembly and to the People’s Councils

Despite the targets to increase the number of women in the legislature, little is known about how the women whom have won seats in the VNA perform their roles. Few studies have examined the positions women are selected to in the VNA or the way they perform their roles once selected.

Training programmes for women in the public sector should therefore also focus on women aspirants. This will help more women obtain official training certificates and therefore more opportunities to be promoted.

Viet Nam has always placed a strong emphasis on gender equality. This has resulted in important achievements such as low maternal mortality and high access to education. Indeed, Vietnamese women have one of the highest labour force participation rates in the world.