Việt Nam highlights commitment to gender equality at Global Women’s Summit

The Vice President praised the summit for its contributions to promoting dialogue and international cooperation on gender equality over the past 35 years...

Việt Nam sets two-tier local government system

This marks the first time in the history of administrative reform that Việt Nam has carried out a large-scale restructuring, reducing intermediate layers and...

Vietnam's Air Defense-Air Force Service Honors Women's Contributions

Vietnam's Air Defense-Air Force Service recently honored 28 collectives and 31 individual women for their outstanding contributions over the past five years....

Border Guard Political Commissar Promotes "Patron-parents" Program

Lieutenant General Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Secretary of the Party Committee and Political Commissar of the Vietnam Border Guard emphasized the importance of...

Vietnam Women’s Union receives delegation from Gender Equality and Family Committee of Republic of Korea’s National Assembly

On the morning of June 23, at the headquarters of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) in Hanoi, VWU Vice President Nguyen Thi Thu Hien hosted a meeting to...
  • Women Head 26% of Taiwan Households

    Female-headed households are transitioning to Taiwan's high income groups, and the gap in disposable income between male- and female-headed households is gradually closing, according to the Taiwan Department of Accounts and Statistics. This was...
  • Scholarships awarded to honour Vietnamese Women’s Day (dantri website)

    Three Vietnamese female scientists won scholarships worth VND150 million (USD7,692) each under the L'Oreal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science programme
  • Boy hangs himself to make his parents stop drinking

    In most cases, children commit suicides because of family problems. An eleven-year-old boy hung himself several days ago in Russia's Altay region in an attempt to make his parents quit drinking alcohol. His mother found the boy hanging on a rope...
  • When Kids Become Adults…at Seven

    A recent study shows that in the United States of America, the number of girls reaching puberty by the age of seven has doubled in the last decade. Scientists are still investigating the reasons, but early conclusions point towards obesity and the...
  • Miss Earth contestants raise fund for Vietnamese flood victims

    VietNamNet Bridge – Contestants of the Miss Earth 2010 pageant on November 7 raised fund for flood victims in central Vietnam in HCM City.

  • Woman's body literally melts like butter

    An extremely rare disease has been disfiguring the body of a Chinese woman for years. Now the woman looks like a melted alien. The tissues of her body have been sagging making the woman look like an extraterrestrial creature. The woman is...
  • Car sales blamed for pollution

    BEIJING - Vehicle exhaust emissions have become the main contributor to worsening air pollution in big Chinese cities as the country undergoes a surge in car sales, the national environmental watchdog said on Thursday
  • CEDAW Committee’s New recommendation on older women’s human rights

    In a major step forward in the protection of older women's rights, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee has adopted a new general recommendation on the rights of older women.

  • Safe sex for teenagers

    BEIJING, Oct. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- China is a country that is still shy about talking about sex. But it is also a country in which young people see no reason for a long mating ritual before sex.
  • Phobias and psychoses of modern women

    The rhythm of modern-day society requires a lot of spiritual and physical energy. People do not seem to able to cope with daily stresses, which gives rise to various phobias and psychoses. Many of such phobias did not exist in the beginning of the...