HCM City leader receives resident of Global Summit of Women
VGP - Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vo Thi Dung received President of the Global Summit of Women (GSW) Irene Natividad on September 27 in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vice Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vo Thi Dung receives President of the Global Summit of Women (GSW) Irene Natividad, Ho Chi Minh City, September 27, 2017 |
She spoke highly of HCM City’s efforts to stimulate innovation and enhance women’s role in the city’s dynamic development.
The President took the occasion to invite Dung to attend the GSW 2018 in Australia to share experience with foreign female leaders in promoting gender equality.
Following her working trip to Ho Chi Minh City, the GSW President is scheduled to attend the ongoing second APEC Policy Partnership on Women and the Economy (PPWE 2) in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
In turn, Vice Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Vo Thi Dung lauded Irene Natividad’s role in promoting gender equality and enhancing women’s position in modern society.
Dung wished the GSW in 2018 will be successful and become an important forum to connect women around the world, contributing to joint efforts to ensure gender equality and women’s progress.
She affirmed that Ho Chi Minh City women have played an increasingly considerable role in socio-economic activities. They are becoming deeper involved in politics with more women holding important position in the administration or becoming successful entrepreneurs.
By Vien Nhu