Vietnam will take action to promote the quality of people's family and gender equality while fighting domestic violence in the next year, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

In the draft Vietnam Family Development Strategy to 2030, with a vision to 2045, which was issued to the public recently by the ministry, the country will also focus on improving public awareness on the roles and responsibilities of families.

Vietnam Family Development Strategy improves awareness on roles and responsibilities of families. Photo: Dan Thanh

The draft strategy is designed to achieve the country's socio-economic development goals and family-related targets to support the families’ sustainable development, prosperity, equality, progress and happiness.

It must be based on the practice to present solutions in accordance with the new situation, as well as ensuring the close coordination among relevant agencies and units in the strategy formulation process.

Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism of provinces and cities must contribute ideas to the draft strategy and coordinate with the Department of Family in implementing it.

Under the Vietnam Family Development Strategy to 2020, which was promulgated on May 29, 2012, about 80% or more of the total households nationwide were classified as family awarded with cultural title by 2015. The figures increased to 85% in 2020.

With the aim of materializing the Politburo’s Instruction on family development in the period of industrialization and modernization, this strategy has raised awareness of the role, position and responsibility of families and communities in implementing policies, guidelines and laws on marriage and family, gender equality, in addition to prevention of violence in families and social evils.

The number of households that suffer domestic violence and social evils reduced by 10-15% annually. Households that are devoted to bringing up offspring without gender discrimination have reached 85% and 95% of the total households nationwide by 2015 and 2020, respectively.