With women having served in the war time as generals and peace negotiators,
Viet Nam now ranks 3 " in Asia-Pacific in terms of the female ratio in the
Parliament membership, and has always had: for over two decades, a female
Vice-president of State and several female Ministers. In every State or public
institution there is a women affairs cornmiitee that oversees and promotes
implementation of gender equality policies. Ensuring gender equality and
empowering women has been and continues to be a major policy of the
Vietnamese State and Government. We support and continue to implement
resolution 1325.