In the morning of November 14, 2008, at the United Nations Development Fund for Women’s (UNIFEM) office in Hanoi, Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) handed books of about 600,000 signatures (1st stage) of staff, members, women and the people from over 40 provinces/cities nationwide responding UNIFEM’s campaign “Say NO to violence against women” to UNIFEM.

Violence against women is a global pandemic, in fact 1 in 3 women will experience an incident of violence in their life time would firstly like to congratulate Madame Hoa and the Vietnam Women’s Union for partnering with UNIFEM on this very important campaign. The Vietnam Women’s Union has enormous ability to reach large numbers of women across all sections of society and geographic locations.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan held a culture exchange named “Meeting the Fall Culture” on September 22. Attending this event were Ambassadors’ wives and embassies’ female staffs from 24 countries which were members of Asia – Pacific Women’s Union in Japan.

First of all, on be half of VWU and the women in Vietnam, I would like to extend to you our warmest greetings and sincerest thanks for inviting us to join your significant even – the South African Women’s Inventors and Innovators - and visit your beautiful country and meet you all.

At the invitation of the Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation of Germany (SBFIC) and the Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF), a delegation headed by Mrs. Nguyễn Thị Kim Thuý – Vice President of VWU visited and had meetings in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium from 2 – 14 June 2008.

(10th to 13th of June in Brussels, Belgium)

At the invitation of the President of Korea’s Women Invention Association (KWIA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Mme Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, Member of the Party’s Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union headed the Vietnamese women delegation (4 delegates including 2 successful women entrepreneurs) to attend the Korean-International Women Inventors’ Forum in Seoul, Korea on 6th – 11th May, 2008.

From 5-7 June 2008, leaders of VWU had several meetings at the headquarter of VWU with international delegations

Thanh Nien Daily interviews outspoken social activist and political figure Irene Natividad, president of the Global Summit of Women, as she prepares for the three-day summit in Hanoi beginning tomorrow.

About 1,000 female entrepreneurs and politicians are set to attend the 2008 Global Summit of Women from June 5-7 in Hanoi.