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...

Vietnam Women's Union extends condolences to Russian partners

On March 25, 2024, President of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU), Ha Thi Nga, on behalf of the Vietnam Women's Union, sent letters of condolences to its...

Capacity building and business development support for women-owned enterprises

In the morning of March 25, 2024, the Center for Women and Development (CWD) launched the project “Accelerate My Business: Capacity building and support for...

A billionaire’s dream: Bridging Vietnam with the World

The female billionaire Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao has shown that with talent, hard work and a bold heart to dream and make the dreams come true, any women can...
  • UNDP raises capacity of female Vietnamese officials

    Ten Vietnamese women from the public sector have been awarded scholarships and research grants by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Cambridge Overseas Trust foundation to undertake postgraduate training at Cambridge University in England.
  • Draft bill favours local adoption for children

    HA NOI — The adoption of Vietnamese orphans by foreigners will only be permitted after all attempts to place them with a local family have failed, states the draft child adoption bill prepared by the Ministry of Justice.
  • Action Month for AO Victims’ launched

    The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Association in co-ordination with the People’s Committee of Dak Nong province yesterday launched ‘an action month for Agent Orange (AO) victims’ from August 10 to September 10, 2009.
  • Exchange programme raises funds for AO victims

    A cultural exchange was held in Hanoi on August 8 to raise funds for Agent Orange/dioxin victims on the occasion of “For AO Victims Day” (August 10).
  • GENDER: Governments Must Be Held Accountable to Meet MDGs

    NAIROBI, Aug 03 (IPS) - The world must start holding their governments accountable if women are to ever have equal rights.