On September 24th, 2018, in Hochiminh City, Ministry of Labour – Invalids and Social Affairs in cooperation with United National Population Fund (UNFPA) held the forum on "Sexual violence against women and girl: the gap of legislation and support service". This event is one of the activities towards Action month on gender equality and gender violence prevention and combat in 2018. Attending the forum were Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha, Mrs. Astrid Bant, Head representative of UNFPA in Vietnam and nearly 70 representatives from the relevant agencies in Hochiminh City and the Southern Provinces, organization and press agencies in Hochiminh City.
