The National Committee for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women shall assist the Prime Minister in performing the following tasks:

- To advise the Prime Minister on elaborating and inspecting the implementation of national strategies and plans of action for the advancement of Vietnamese women; to coordinate with the concerned agencies in proposing to the Prime Minister the elaboration of the State�s laws and policies relating to gender equality and women�s advancement;

- To coordinate with the concerned agencies in supervising, urging and inspecting the enforcement of the State�s laws and policies toward women in the ministries, branches, provinces and centrally-run cities;

- To coordinate with the concerned agencies in propagating, disseminating and agitating the enforcement of the State�s laws and policies toward women, as well as the United Nations� Convention on elimination of discriminative attitude towards women (CEDAW ); and assume the prime responsibility for elaborating the national report on the implementation of such Convention in Vietnam;

- To act as designated agency for international cooperation in the field of gender equality and women�s advancement.

The National Committee for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women shall comprise the following members:

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese Women Association as its chairwoman;

A Vice-Minister of Education and Training and a Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs as its vice chairmen;

Other members being representatives of the concerned ministries and branches.-(Summary)