(VOVWORLD) - Party General Secretary To Lam urged the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) to launch a new-term emulation campaign under the theme “Vietnamese Women: Aspiration – Intelligence – Compassion – Creativity – Sustainability – Happiness” during a ceremony marking its 95th anniversary in Hanoi on Thursday.
 General Secretary To Lam speaks at the ceremony. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
In his speech, General Secretary To Lam reaffirmed the Party's and State’s commitment to promoting gender equality and expanding opportunities for women in leadership, governance, starting a business, and sci-tech. He outlined policy goals focused on bolstering social protection, safeguarding women and children, tackling domestic and gender-based violence, curbing online abuse, and improving early childhood education, maternity care, reproductive health, healthy and safe cultural environment.
 General Secretary To Lam presents a statue of President Ho Chi Minh to the Vietnam Women's Union. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
He laid out a decade-long roadmap for women’s movements, spanning 2025 to 2035 with a vision extending to 2045. He envisioned the modern Vietnamese women as patriotic, resilient, compassionate, digitally savvy and eco-conscious innovators, urging the VWU to expand “Sisterhood” mentoring network and promote reading, digital literacy, financial skills, and mental health as core activities.
The Party chief called for a sweeping digital transformation within the VWU, mandating each city or province to develop at least one women-led livelihood or cooperative project and every commune to produce a signature “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) item crafted by women.
He stressed early childhood education, nutrition, and child development as strategic levers for boosting productivity and population quality, pressing collaboration with police, justice, and internal affairs bodies to combat gender-based violence, trafficking, and cybercrime.
 General Secretary To Lam presents the First Class Labor Medal to the Vietnam Women's Union. (Photo: Van Hieu/VOV) |
Another focus is building female leadership. The leader called for clear plans at all VWU chapters to identify, train, and promote women leaders, with emphasis on project management, digital skills, and communications training. He advocated for fostering a new generation of female officials willing to take risks and responsibility for the common good.
Additionally, the Party leader championed preserving Vietnam’s cultural heritage, including the traditional long dress, culinary arts, crafts, language, and family values.
On the global stage, he encouraged greater international engagement. The VWU should expand connections with women’s movements worldwide, international organizations, and networks of female leaders and entrepreneurs. He said Vietnamese women must raise their voice on social welfare, gender equality, entrepreneurship, digitalization, and green development at global and regional forums.
Party committees, authorities, Vietnam Fatherland Front committees, mass organizations, businesses, and society at large were assigned to support the VWU through labor policies, maternity benefits, childcare services, housing for workers, and safe workplaces free of harassment and discrimination.
At the event, he presented Labor Order, First Class, to the VWU in recognition of its outstanding achievements in renewing operations, representing women’s rights, and contributing to socialism building and national defense.