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...
  • Vietnamese AO victims assured with strong support to seek for justice

    The International Tribunal of Conscience in support of the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange ended in Paris, France on May 16, after two days of hearing. The final verdict will be issued on May 18, however the Vietnamese victims have received...
  • US backs laboratory

    The Atlantic Philanthropies Fund has committed nearly US$ 5.4 million in aid to help Vietnam build a dioxin laboratory following an agreement signed with the General Department of Environment under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment...
  • VN adheres to human rights, says diplomat

    The Vietnamese people were both the ultimate objective and driving force of any socio-economic development policy in the country, and protecting and promoting human rights was always the Government’s consistent policy, a senior diplomat has said.
  • Action on rights for older women

    Countries that have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will in future be asked to consider older women when they report on progress.

  • Steps towards an older people’s convention

    Steps towards an international convention on the rights of older people have been taken with the announcement by Latin American states that they will develop a regional convention.