Women-run cooperative creates jobs and ensures the rights of ethnic minority women in Ha Giang

Since its establishment in 2017, the Lanh Trang (White Flax) Cooperative in Sa Phin Commune, Dong Van District, Ha Giang Province, has become an effective...

Get-together held for women diplomats, ambassadors’ spouses in Vietnam

The 2024 gathering for women diplomats, spouses of ambassadors and the diplomatic corps in Vietnam was held in Hanoi on April 13 evening, with the attendance...

Vietnam maintains momentum on advancing gender equality: UN Women Representative

The Vietnamese Government has maintained its momentum on advancing gender equality, said Caroline T. Nyamayemombe, UN Women Representative in Vietnam, in a...

Vietnam elected to UN Women’s Executive Board for 2025-2027

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on April 9 (US time) elected Vietnam to the Executive Board of the United Nations Entity for Gender...

Enhancing relations between Vietnamese and Finnish women

On March 25, 2024, Vice President of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) Tran Lan Phuong had a meeting with Ms. Inka Hopsu, member of the Finnish Parliament and...
  • Kovalevskaya Award 2017’s winners announced

    Hano​i (VNA) – Two outstanding female scientists have been honoured with the Kovalevskaya Award 2017 during a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 6.
  • TYM officer won WPF Field Officer Appreciation Award

    Ms. Vu Thi Lien, a staff member of TYM-Phu Yen branch in Vinh Phuc province has recently been honored under the Asia/Pacific Field Officer Appreciation Award by Whole Planet Foundation. This is an annual international award to recognize...
  • “Queen of Sauce” creates English revolution

    Hanoi (VNA) - Dao Thi Hang, known as the “Queen of Sauce”, is a prominent name on the domestic market with her brand of the product. But she has also become known for her revolutionary teaching methods - banning the use of mobile phones and the...
  • Thai women in Nghe An learn to promote community-based tourism

    Nghe An (VNA) - As the sunshine waned, Lo Thi Hoa and her sister, looking fresh in traditional Thai costumes, prepared food to welcome guests to their stilt house in Nua Village.

  • Ginseng queen grows over 600 medicinal plants

    Quang Nam (VNA) - Nguyen Thi Hong Thuong, 33, runs a large ginseng garden with more than 600 plants and many other traditional herbal medicine plants in Tra Cang commune in Nam Tra My district in the central province of Quang Nam.
  • Female carpenter the last of her kind

    Ben Tre (VNA) - Tien Tay Vam village in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre is notable not only for its delicate wooden products, but also for the artisans who make them. Here, women are - or were -known for their skills in the male-dominated...
  • Relations boosted between Vietnamese women and American women

    From December 12 to 23, 2017, the Vietnam Women's Union received an American Women's delegation led by Mrs. Merle Evelyn Ratner, member of the US Communist Party, a social activist in New York to visit Vietnam and to learn about the development...
  • Relations boosted between Women's Unions of Vietnam and China

    At the invitation of the All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF), VWU’s delegation was headed by H.E. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, member of the Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee, President of VWU had a working visit to China from December 18th -22th.
  • VWU President receives new Cuban Ambassador

    On the morning of 8th Jan 2018, the VWU president Nguyen Thi Thu Ha welcomed Mrs. Lianys Torres Rivera, new Ambassador of the Cuba to Vietnam at the VWU headquarter.
  • APPF women parliamentarians discuss gender equality

    Hanoi (VNA) - The Meeting of Women Parliamentarians of the 26th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-26) opened in Hanoi on January 18, seeking ways to promote gender equality and empowerment of women and girls for...