At a seminar on November 18, Daniel Mont said that in Vietnam, data relating to genders and gender equality is available in almost every field, particularly in education and healthcare. 

However, he said that others had insufficient data, especially those related to violence against women, unsalaried employment, migrants and individual property. 

This makes it difficult for the government, ministries, agencies and organisations to put together policies on the issue, he said. 

According to him, surveys to collect more information on gender and gender equality, graphs and tables of the available data would be useful for controlling and appraising the effectiveness of the country’s laws, policies and commitments on gender equality. 

Pham Nguyen Cuong, Vice Head of the Gender Equality Department under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA), said that the research on gender statistics conducted by the WB and MOLISA had collected data on various fields including education, health care, labour and employment, households, poverty and people’s social lives. The research then indicated the challenges and proposals needed for each field to improve the country’s capacity to compile gender statistics, she said. 

According to MOLISA, in the past the Vietnamese government had tried to address gender equality issues by issuing policies and putting into action solutions to ensure gender equality from central to grassroots levels. 

Vietnam ratified the 1981 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the United Nations’ 2000 Millennium Declaration as it is determined to reach its Millennium Development Goals, which include promoting gender equality and women’s rights. 
The country’s National Assembly ratified the Law on Gender Equality in 2006.