On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the International Women's Day - March 8 and the 1980th anniversary of Trung sisters' uprising, many provincial and city Women’s Unions (WU) launched a special emulation campaign towards the 90th anniversary of the VWU’s establishment with the theme "90 practical actions for women and children".

The COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning of 2020 has been having strong impacts not only in the country but also in the world. As of April 3, 2020, the world has more than 1 million infected people.

Vulnerable women’s sustainable access to hygiene and water is a key goal of the Project “Community Hygiene and Water - Women-led output-based aid” - Woba (Choba Project Phase 3) implemented by the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the East meets West (EMW) in 5 provinces (Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Ben Tre) from 2018-2022 and funded by the Water for Women Fund under the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

On the afternoon of 17 February, the VWU and FrieslandCampina Company (Dutch Lady Brand) presented handwash and milk products worth of VND 330 million to women living in Son Loi commune, Binh Xuyen district, Vinh Phuc province. The commune has been placed under quarantine after the diagnosis of several cases of Covid-19 virus there.

The business start-up of women has been challenging. In the past years, implementing the Program "Supporting women business start-up in 2017-2025 period”, the Women's Union at all levels have supported constantly women overcoming barriers to do their business successfully.

On the morning of January 3, 2020, at the National Assembly's Office, Vietnam Women's Union in coordination with Vietnam National Assembly’s Delegation in charge of supervising "the implementation of policies and laws on the prevention and control of child abuse" and the Vietnam Association for Protection of Child’s Rights organizes a Workshop on "Prevention of violence and sexual abuse against child in the family".

At the Spring Celebration “Áo dài and Flowers” held at the Vietnam Women’s Museum on the evening of January 17th, 2020, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) launched the collection of 1 million signatures to nominate Áo dài to be recognized as a National Heritage by signing a pair of special Áo dài.

Recently the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) launched the 2020 Contest "Creative Women Entrepreneurs - Successful Connection" to support and help realize startup ideas and projects with priority given to poor women, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.

On August 23, 2019, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU), the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed the Record of Discussions (ROD) of the project “Strengthening Vietnamese Capacity for Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Women Migrants and Their Households in Vulnerable Conditions in Vietnam” (hereinafter referred to as “the Project”).

TRÀ VINH — Quách Thi Út, head of a co-operative specialising in safe vegetables in Trà Vinh Province’s Trà Cú District, is known for finding innovative methods of cultivation that have boosted her family’s income and helped local farmers escape from poverty.

In addition to her main job as a nursery teacher in Soc Son district (Hanoi), Ms. Nguyen Thi Van boldly borrowed money from TYM to start a business and “encroach” to the art field: traditional rice painting.

This is the message from the campaign on the occasion of the National Day Against Trafficking in Persons – 30 July organized in Son La city on the morning of 28 July 2018 by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and the People's Committee of Son La province. The event was attended by more than 600 participants.

That is the affirmation of the Politburo Member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, and Head of the People's Mobilization Department Truong Thi Mai at the symposium on mobilizing women mobilization in the new situation organized by the Vietnam Women's Union in the afternoon of 17th July.

Start-ups have become an important strategy in economic development and job creation in Vietnam, which is also one of solutions to help women generate jobs and develop their economy in a sustainable manner.

This is one of the messages transmitted at the launch of a programme on promoting the production and trading of safe food and agricultural products for community health.

On the afternoon of April 12, 2018 in Hanoi, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a consultative seminar on enhancing of support and protection of the legitimate rights and interests of women and girls with the participation of representatives of the Public Security, the People’s Procuracy, the People’s Court of different levels, related agencies and organizations and experts on gender and legal issues.

Vietnam to host 8th annual Asia and Pacific Nation Network Meeting of On 9th April 2018 in Hanoi, Mdm. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, member of Party Central Committee, President of the VWU met with the delegation of the INWES – APNN to discuss the preparation and organization of the 8th annual meeting of INWES – APNN in Hanoi from 18th to 20th October 2018.

43 out of 63 provinces and cities have been in coordination with Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to develop and conduct the plan of implementing joint program with various contents.

Two Vietnamese businesswomen won prizes of the second APEC Business Efficiency and Success Target (BEST) Award presented in Hue city on September 27.

From March 7 to 9, 2017, the 12th Vietnam National Women’s Congress was convened in Hanoi under the theme “Solidarity, Renovation, Equality and Integration”. Being a significant event in the socio-political life of the country and a mass festival of the Vietnamese women, the Congress drew a great attention throughout the country. The opening session of the Congress was broadcast live on several major TV and radio channels.