Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Ann Måwe (Photo: Hoang Nhuong)

Speaking with the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 13th National Women’s Congress, Ambassador Måwe shared her impressions of efforts to institutionalise gender equality in the country.

Vietnam’s “National Strategy on Gender Equality for 2021-2030” contains ambitious goals, she said adding that encouraging women entrepreneurship is central to the strategy.

She said she is impressed by some of the goals set out, such as lifting the ratio of female company directors or business owners to at least 27 percent by 2025 and 30 percent by 2030, and cutting the average time women spend doing housework compared to men to 1.7 times by 2025 and 1.4 times by 2030. Another goal is to integrate gender and gender equality into the curriculum of schools and pedagogical universities from 2025.