Vietnam, Argentina’s lawmakers discuss women’s rights in time of COVID-19
Vietnamese and Argentine parliamentarians on October 5 held a virtual discussion on women’s rights and challenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Vietnamese and Argentine parliamentarians on October 5 hold a virtual discussion on women’s rights and challenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese and Argentineparliamentarians on October 5 held a virtual discussion on women’s rights andchallenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak.
In his remarks at the event, Deputy Head of the Vietnamese NationalAssembly (NA)’s External Relations Committee Nguyen Manh Tien said the virtualdiscussion aims to exchange experience between the two national assemblies onprotecting women’s rights during the COVID-19 as women are those most vulnerable during the unprecedented crisis.
Vietnam stands ready to deepen cooperation and shareexperience in COVID-19 response with Argentine’s National Congress andGovernment, he said. He expected the two legislative bodies to increasedelegation exchange and bilateral meetings on the sidelines of multilateralparliamentary forums, and to accelerate experience exchanges in parliamentaryaffairs as well as global and regional issues of mutual concerns.
Le Thi Nguyet, Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnamese NA’s SocialAffairs Committee, said about 30.8 million workers have been laid off or hadworking hours cut in Vietnam as of June this year, 17.6 million of them women.The number of unemployed female workers was 2.14 percent higher than that ofmale labourers.
Meanwhile, women accounted for a majority of frontlinehealthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus, Nguyet noted, addingthat women had to work from home and do household chores at the same time,doubling the burdens put on them in the time of COVID-19.
She urged the two parliaments to strengthen partnership andshare experience in COVID-19 response and ensuring social welfare for people.Female legislators should ramp up experience exchanges and law making in genderequality and empowerment of women and girls./.
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The University of Buenos Aires and the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina on July 13 held an online seminar on the friendship between Vietnam and Argentina and their potential for further cooperation.
Since the signing of the Vietnam-Cambodia trade and economic cooperation agreement, trade and investment ties have seen remarkable growth, substantially contributing to each country's socio-economic development and facilitating collaboration in various spheres, said Ambassador Nguyen Minh Vu.
Representatives of the overseas community and students expressed their gratitude for the Party and State’s support, their delight at growing Vietnam–China ties, and their commitment to preserving the Vietnamese identities abroad.
PM Pham Minh Chinh reiterated Vietnam’s readiness to continue dispatching agricultural experts to support Senegal’s food security through increasingly effective and innovative methods.
NA Chairman Tran Thanh Man expressed confidence that the legislature will soon apply AI and digital transformation more broadly, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of its legislative, supreme supervision, and decision-making functions on critical national matters.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President and CEO of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende discussed Vietnam’s new development vision and its experience in building an independent, self-reliant and globally-integrated economy, and navigating global instability through proactive diplomacy.
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Interim Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), and Borge Brende, WEF President and CEO, commended Vietnam’s flexible and effective economic governance and its strong economic performance.
The two PMs agreed on measures to strengthen bilateral relations in the future, especially the prompt signing of an action plan for implementing the countries' comprehensive strategic partnership, and the launch of upgraded VSIPs to include hi-tech parks, urban areas, and commercial zones.
PM Chinh requested ERIA to maintain close coordination with Vietnamese agencies and research institutes to promote policy research and consultations, and help the country increase productivity, quality, and competitiveness of the economy, especially in digital transformation, green transition, and circular economy, to contribute to achieving the rapid, sustainable development and double-digit economic growth goals it has set out for the coming decades.
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The rehearsal took place at the National Military Training Centre No. 4, the Vietnam National University - Hanoi, and the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism, involving more than 7,400 officers and soldiers.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a meeting with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on June 25 on the sidelines of the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Tianjin city, China, during which he affirmed Vietnam attaches great importance to its multifaceted cooperation with Ecuador and proposes continued dialogue, negotiation, and signing of cooperation agreements in trade, investment, finance, and agriculture.
A working visit to Toulouse by Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang from June 23–25 has laid important groundwork for expanding multi-sector cooperation between Vietnam and the Occitanie region.
Prof. Dr. Georgy Toloraia, Executive Director of the National Committee for BRICS Research and Director of the Centre for Russian Strategy in Asia at the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, expressed his confidence that Vietnam will become a substantial and influential partner of BRICS.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed enhancing economic and trade cooperation, including the development of railway connectivity between Vietnam and Kyrgyzstan, which will also strengthen links with Central Asian nations.
The new law abolishes the death penalty for eight criminal offenses: the crime aimed at overthrowing the people’s government; the crime of sabotaging state infrastructure and technical facilities; the crime of producing and trading counterfeit medicines for treatment and prevention; the crime of destroying peace and causing aggressive war; the crime of espionage; that of illegally transporting narcotics; embezzlement; and bribe taking.
Vietnam will continue to coordinate closely with and make positive contributions to the initiatives and collective work of the Group of 77 (G77) developing nations, said Ambassador Do Hung Viet, head of the Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN.
Vietnamese and Argentine parliamentarians on October 5 hold a virtual discussion on women’s rights and challenges to the protection of women’s rights during the COVID-19 outbreak. 
