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The renovation process in Vietnam in the past decade has enabled significant economic growth as well as and greater rights and more important economic roles of farming households. However, much of this reform has focussed on men as head of households, meaning men have benefited more from economic reform, both economically and in terms of their power within the household. Inequalities continue in access to and control of key resources such as land, water, credit and rest time, as well as in access to public services. To respond to these inequalities, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has identified five key objectives: (1) to increase social awareness of gender among officials and the rural population in general; (2) to increase rural women's access to and control of key resources; (3) to integrate gender targets and sex-disaggregated M&E tools in policies, plans and projects in the Ministry and agricultural sector more broadly; (4) to integrate gender into agricultural research, public services and training; (5) to empower women and increase their participation in decision-making roles in the ministry and sector in general. A plan is outlined to work towards these objectives.
