Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son speaks at the forum (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Forum on Women’s Empowerment in the Foreign Service in the Digital Age, co-organised in Hanoi on October 3 by Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, adopted a joint statement. Following is the full text of the joint statement: 1. On June 12, 2019, Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and the Hon Marise Payne, Senator of Australia, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the empowerment of women in the foreign service for comprehensive and extensive international integration in the digital age, thus strengthening cooperation between the two ministries and contributing to deepen the Strategic Partnership between Vietnam and Australia. 2. As a first step towards implementing this MoU, Vietnam’s … [Read more...] about Joint statement of forum on women’s empowerment in foreign service
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Vietnam, Australia cooperate in empowering women in foreign service
Participants at the forum (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade co-organised a forum in Hanoi on October 3 to promote women’s empowerment in the foreign service in the digital age. This is the first activity of the two sides to implement a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on June 12, 2019, on increasing the role and contributions of women in the foreign service to serve deep-and-wide international integration in the digital era. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Robyn Mudie said the forum created an excellent opportunity for the two countries to enhance cooperation and strengthen friendship between diplomats. He shared Australia’s women leadership strategy 2015 and practical policies of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support female diplomats to assume managerial roles. Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Australia cooperate in empowering women in foreign service
Vietnam emerges as attractive destination for foreign firms: Kazakhstan official
Moscow (VNA) - Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ermek Kosherbayev described Vietnam as an attractive destination for businesses all over the world at the 9th meeting of the Vietnam-Kazakhstan Intergovernmental Committee for Economic-Trade and Science-Technology Cooperation. The official said Kazakhstan enterprises have expressed their interest in importing Vietnamese marine fish since Vietnam inked the free trade deal with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Both sides pose huge potential to boost all-round cooperation through such important cooperative mechanisms as the intergovernmental committee, he said, hoping decisions made at the 9th meeting will help elevate the bilateral relations. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong laid stress on the sound development in bilateral ties, with stronger growth in two-way trade which stood at only 200 million USD before the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the EAEU was inked. Vietnam is … [Read more...] about Vietnam emerges as attractive destination for foreign firms: Kazakhstan official
Joint Communique of 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
1. We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 31 July 2019 at the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Bangkok. We underlined the need to further strengthen cooperation and advance our partnership to ensure sustainability in all dimensions for ASEAN amidst the rapid changes in Southeast Asia and beyond. ASEAN COMMUNITY-BUILDING 2. We reaffirmed our commitment to the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the ASEAN Leaders’ Vision Statement on Partnership for Sustainability. We reaffirmed the importance of maintaining ASEAN centrality and unity in our community-building efforts, engagement with external partners and regional architecture. We commended the ongoing work of all ASEAN Sectoral Bodies and Organs for progress in the implementation of the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) … [Read more...] about Joint Communique of 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Diplomats trained to protect women migrant workers from violence
Hanoi (VNA) – A workshop is being held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women in Hanoi on October 2 and 3 to enhance capacity for diplomats in protecting female migrant workers from violence. Over 100 diplomats, most of whom will work in Vietnamese representative agencies abroad, attended the training workshop on response to violence against female migrant workers as part of efforts to protect rights, safety and dignity of Vietnamese female labourers working overseas. It is expected to contribute to promoting legal migration and Vietnam’s management of international migration. The workshop is held within the framework of the programme “Safe and Fair: Realizing women migrant workers’ rights and opportunities in the ASEAN region,” to ensure female migrant workers in ASEAN are free from gender-based violence and enjoy decent work. The Safe and Fair programme will help Vietnam enhance legal and policy frameworks on migrant workers, … [Read more...] about Diplomats trained to protect women migrant workers from violence