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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...

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  • Government launches HIV/AIDS website

    The Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control on January 31 opened its official website www.vaac.gov.vn.

  • Belgian philanthropist grants 500 EUR to AO victims

    Belgian Earl Didier Le Grelle on February 13 donated 500 EUR to the Fund for AO Victims of the Viet Nam News Agency (VNA).

  • Two Lao women receive friendship insignias

    The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) awarded the insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to two Lao women at a ceremony in Hanoi on December 21.

  • Conference discusses ways to help AO/Dioxin victims

    Addressing consequences of war and finding ways to help Agent Orange/dioxin victims are high on the government’s list of priorities in the policy making process.

  • Girl enriches lives of Agent Orange victims

    Giving a helping hand to those less fortunate is an age-old custom in Viet Nam, today exemplified in the work of Dao Minh Phuong, a student at Ha Noi Law School.

  • The heart of a businesswoman

    She was born in a poor, big family in Long An. As the oldest daughter, she did not have a good chance for her education. She had to earn her living and to support her brothers and sisters.

  • Human trafficking on the rise in northern region

    The number of human trafficking cases involving women in the northern province of Yen Bai began increasing in 2004, according to local police reports.

  • Around 20,000 walk for poor children

    Around 20,000 pupils, students and young people joined a charity walk, entitled “Walk for dreams of poor study loving children” in Hanoi on June 3.

  • Government to spend US $174 million on HIV prevention

    The Government plans to spend nearly VND 2,786 billion (US $174 million) on the fight against HIV/AIDS between now and 2010.

  • Awards ceremony held for education donors

    Almost 300 foreign and domestic enterprises and individuals were honored for their contribution of over VND 900 billion (US $56.25 million) and over 1.5 million square meters of land to educational programs in the country since 1990.

  • Elderly care fund makes debut

    The Vietnam Elderly Care Fund, a non-profit fund that aims to improve the lives of the country’s aged, made its debut in Hanoi, on Vietnam’s Elderly Day (June 6).

  • Wall Street Journal hails Vietnamese businesswomen

    The Wall Street Journal run a front-page article on the outstanding role of Vietnamese women in doing business in the Southeast Asian country.

  • Poor to pay less for school: MoET

    "Poor people will pay lower fees, while the people with high incomes will have to pay higher fees," said Nhan.

  • Fatherland Front honours veterans

    The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) on July 24 met with nearly 150 war invalids and family members of soldiers killed in battle to mark the occasion of War Invalids and Fallen Combatants’ Day (July 27).

  • Diverse payment of gratitude activities

    Hanoi and the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has prepared and carried out many programs for payment of gratitude activities to mark the 60th anniversary of War Invalids’ and Fallen Soldiers’ Day (Jul.27).

  • British man still seeking justice for Vietnamese AO victims

    Len Aldis, secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has made another move in his tireless efforts in support of Vietnamese Agent Orange victims. In a recently completed video, he calls for stronger help from people around the world to...

  • A practical support to poor women

    In the framework of the project "Improving Economical and Sanitary Conditions of 750 families in the rural area of Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province” financed by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation through Peace and Development...

  • “Hands of Hope” helps poor children in Hung Yen

    The Eye Hospital in the Red river delta province of Hung Yen conducted free surgery for 32 poor visually impaired children with assistance from Hands of Hope, an American non-governmental organisation (NGO).

  • Meeting honours exemplary women in poverty reduction

    Over 200 delegates, who are mothers, wives and children of war martyrs and invalids, were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on July 2 in recognition of their efforts to overcome hardships and build a new happy life.

  • Appeal of the Vietnam's Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin

    The Vietnam War has passed for almost 30 years, yet several million Vietnamese are still suffering physically and mentally from diseases caused by the US sprayings of dioxin laced toxic chemicals, particularly the Agent Orange. This...

  • Review Workshop on Business Development Services (BDS) training and VWU's strategic orientation for woman entrepreneurship promotion 2003 – 2007

    More than 100 woman entrepreneurships, Presidents, Vice-Presidents of provincial/municipal WUs and woman entrepreneurship Associations, Directors of Vocational Training and Employment Centers, Chairpersons of Woman Entrepreneurship Clubs, and...

  • Over 500 turns of WU’s members access to loans from a project

    In the framework of the project "Improving Economical and Sanitary Conditions of 750 families in the rural area of Quang Xuong district, Thanh Hoa province” financed by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation through Peace and Development...

  • Little capital assistance in 3 years to promote people’s living standard

    Yen Lac is a pure rural district in Vinh Phuc province. There are 23,980 women members in 304 groups.

  • Ca Tru Music to be Performed in Ha Noi

    Concerts featuring Ca tru (Vietnamese ceremonial songs) music will be taking place at the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology in Ha Noi every Sunday from February to June. The shows will provide an opportunity for both international musicologists and the...

  • EVN to Provide Electricity for Ethnic Minorities

    Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) Thursday held a meeting to implement a project which will begin providing electricity to ethnic villages in five central provinces.

  • White book affirms consistent policy on religion

    Viet Nam on Feb. 1 released a white book on religion, affirming that it has consistently implemented an unswerving policy of great national unity without any discrimination on the basis of belief or religion.

  • In the pink for the Lunar New Year

    A set of commemorative stamps to mark the 2007 Lunar New Year or Tet Dinh Hoi (the Year of the Pig), has been issued by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.

  • Sa Pa in spring time

    For a special spring time holiday destination, head to Tay Bac Highland, and especially Sa Pa. Visitors will be amazed by the orchids, which blossom at this time, the beauty of nature and the many festivals held in the area welcoming the Lunar New...

  • Fatherland Front urged to gather more domestic, overseas intellectuals

    Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said that in 2007, the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) should work to mobilise more patriotic personalities and intellectuals at home and abroad to serve national construction, with more attention paid to the...

  • Traditional Vietnamese opera goes online

    A Vietnamese opera website went online last week in an effort to maintain the unique musical genre, with events and performances posted along with streaming music for the avid listener.

  • Two Vietnamese named 2007 young global leaders

    Two Vietnamese youngsters are among 250 young global leaders of 2007 selected by the World Economic Forum early this week.

  • Vietnam most optimistic nation in the world: survey

    Over nine out of ten Vietnamese people are optimistic that the new year would be better than last, a poll has found.

  • Live TV progamme raises nearly 7 billion VND for the poor

    Nearly 7 billion VND was raised for the poor by individuals, organisations and businesses in the country and abroad through a live TV programme on Dec. 31.

  • Vietnamese Cricket Ventures into Stockholm

    From generation to generation, millions of Vietnamese children have been captivated by the enchanting tale of the trials and tribulations of a house-cricket and his interactions with those insects around him when they read the novel “ The...

  • 93.3 percent of rural households access to electricity

    By the end of 2006, 93.3 percent of rural households have had access to electricity, while 99 percent of Viet Nam's communes and 92.8 percent of its hamlets were connected with the national power grid, according to figures published on the daily...

  • Life improvements for revolutionary contributors

    On the foundation of ten years implementation of the Ordnance on State Contributors (1995-2005), the year 2006 marks a significant life improvement of nearly 8 million State and revolutionary contributors.

  • 2006 GDP grows 8.2%, 2007 to reach 8.5%: MPI

    Viet Nam’s GDP growth rate in 2006 reached 8.2%, a rate higher than the targeted 8% for this year, and also higher than the projected 7.5 - 8% for the 2006-2010 period.

  • January Star award for 172 excellent students

    The Vietnam Students' Association, Vietnam Students-Flowers' Pupils' newspaper held a ceremony to praise and present January Star award to 172 excellent students for the 2006-2007 school year.

  • Vietnam Television to broadcast daily show for teenagers

    Vietnam Television (VTV) said Wednesday it would televise a 10-minute daily news show geared towards teenagers, beginning mid next year.

  • Photos from Vietnam capture exceptional notice

    Photographer Thai Thanh Ngoc's Doi Mat va Ban Tay (Eyes and Hands) was one of just two works by Vietnamese photographers considered "exceptional" by judges at the 67th International Photographic Salon of Japan.

  • Ten most important events in Viet Nam in 2006

    Viet Nam News Agency has selected ten events of most important significance in Viet Nam in 2006. They include:

  • Ten highlights in export 2006

    Exports in 2006 started quickly and are still increasing as the year comes to an end. Export turnover is estimated to reach 39.7 billion USD, 22.8% higher than last year.

  • WTO – measures to develop Vietnam tourism

    This is the theme of a workshop held in Hanoi this morning by the Vietnam Tourism Magazine and the Vietnam Communist Party Online Paper to find out strong points and weak points of Vietnam tourism in the international integration.

  • Christians celebrate Xmas across the nation

    President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) Pham The Duyet called on Vietnamese Catholic dignitaries to further encourage believers to join in activities that foster national unity.

  • 4 New Laws Publicized, Residence Register Simplified

    The President’s Office on Wednesday made public four new laws on residence, vocational training, Vietnamese working abroad, and amendments to the Labor Code.

  • Vietnam introduces tests for detecting fetus abnormalities

    Vietnam’s Committee for Population, Family and Children (CPFC) and Ministry of Health have launched a project for early identification of abnormalities in fetuses.

  • Tea Festival to Set Eight Records

    One of the organizers of the Tea Festival in Da Lat later this month claims the event will set eight records for inclusion in Viet Nam’s own Guinness Book.

  • Students from remote regions to receive more scholarship aid

    Phu nu Thu do (Capital City Women) newspaper spoke to Phung Khac Binh, head of Student Affairs Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, about new scholarship regulations for students.

  • Major events of Vietnam tourism 2006 reviewed

    The Vietnam National Administration of Tourism yesterday organised a ceremony to review the activities of tourism in 2006. Major events that have been held this year include the 4th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting, Visit Quang Nam Year, Hue...

  • MICE tourism upsurge predicted for Vietnam post-APEC

    The recent APEC summit it organized successfully has made Vietnam a destination for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions – or MICE as it is known – tourism, an international expert has said.

  • USTDA grants Vietnam Country of the Year award

    The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) recently named Vietnam as its 2006 Country of the Year in recognition its “remarkable achievements”, read a press release issued by the agency.

  • Miss Universe tours Vietnam, films tourism promo

    Miss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins from Australia is touring and filming Vietnam for an Australian TV channel, to advertise Vietnam’s famous tourist sites to Australian viewers back home.

  • VOV expands radio coverage of ethnic-language programmes

    The Prime Minister has agreed on Radio the Voice of Vietnam’s cooperation with the People’s Committees in the midland and northern mountainous areas.

  • Human Development Report highlights VN's investment in water and sanitation

    The United Nations Development Programmme (UNDP) in Vietnam today launched the United Nations' Human Development Report 2006.

  • VN early achieves MDG on poverty reduction

    Vietnam has fulfilled the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on poverty reduction 10 years ahead of schedule, with the rate of poor people dropping 60 percent in 2004 against 1993, a Vietnamese representative to the United Nations said on November 11.

  • 50 students to go abroad by state scholarships

    As many as 50 students from sci-tech faculties will go overseas for study under Project 322 in the 2006-2007 academic year.

  • Vietnam to annually showcase its culture on foreign soil

    Vietnam has decided to hold Vietnamese Days abroad every year from 2007 to showcase its culture and heritage.

  • Photos featuring Hanoi today exhibited

    The photo ‘Hoa Trang Nguyen’ (First Doctoral Candidate Flower) of Vu Dung won the only gold medal at the 36th artistic photo contest named ‘Hanoi Today’.

  • The Nature of Success

    “There is no failure in this life, there is only our perception of the matters”, wrote 16-year-old Ha Minh Ngoc in an essay that has received wide acclaim and generated much discussion among the public. The essay by the student of Ha Noi Pedagogy...

  • Spreading Smiles


    A group of Ha Noi students set up a club, SAS (Sharing As Smile), to help children born with cleft lips. They called for community sponsored contributions and assistance for more fundraising ventures.

  • Bringing HIV/AIDS Education to High Schools

    Dance4Life Viet Nam, a new HIV/AIDS youth awareness program, will be launched in Ha Noi on October 29, 2006.

  • Hanoi: Free bus service for 30,000 disabled

    The Hanoi People’s Committee has decided to offer free bus cards to the disabled in Hanoi.

  • Doctors of the soul

    VietNamNet Bridge – An ambitious project for dreadfully ill children initiated by five students from Hanoi-Amsterdam High School has been supported by hundreds of volunteers from all over the world and a cash injection of US$10,000 from the World...

  • Workshop discusses bilingual education for ethnic children

    Teaching mother tongue along with the national language for ethnic children is the main topic of a three-day workshop being jointly held by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Centre for Ethnic Education Research and the United Nations of...

  • Something about Moon Festival

    Children and adults alike are eagerly awaiting the coming Moon Festival (which lies in the middle of the August following the lunar calendar), to be celebrated this year on October 6th

  • Orphan village opens in Thanh Hoa province

    The central province of Thanh Hoa on Sept. 10 inaugurated an SOS children's village which was built with assistance from international humanitarian organisations.

  • Largest anti-HIV/AIDS project targets young people

    A conference was held in Hanoi on September 8 to launch a US$26.7 million anti-HIV/AIDS project for young people during the 2006-2011 period.

  • Nghe Temple worships two great generals of Trung Sisters

    Taking the 32C National Highway, tourists will come to three well-known historical sites of Ha Hoa district, Yen Bai province that have been recognised as national sites, including Au Co Temple in Hien Luong commune, Dong Temple and Nghe Temple in...

  • Homeless kids paint to raise funds

    A new painting exhibit by children who live in a HCM City shelter has local viewers in its spell.

  • Hanoi honours outstanding graduates

    A ceremony to honour the top 93 graduates from Hanoi universities in 2006 was held at Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) by the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee and the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

  • 2006 – breakthrough year of Tuyen Quang tourism

    In response to the National Travel Year – Thai Nguyen 2007 – the northern province of Tuyen Quang is holding a cultural and tourism week from August 13-19. This is the first time a great tourism event has taken place in Tuyen Quang.

  • Books,Teaching Aids Collected for Poor Students

    The Ho Chi Minh City Education Publishing House opened a five-day exhibition of books and teaching aids at 231 Nguyen Van Cu, District 5 to celebrate the 61th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

  • Trans-Viet Tour for AO Victims

    The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) and the Ho Chi Minh City Cinematography Association will hold a trans-Viet Nam fundraising tour through 15 provinces and cities beginning Wednesday lasting through September.

  • Vietnamese expats come home for National Day

    A delegation of 39 overseas Vietnamese will visit their native land on the occasion of the 61st National Day on September 2, state media reported Tuesday.

  • Northeastern ethnic cultural festival to open in Ha Giang

    The fifth cultural festival of northeastern ethnic groups will be held in Ha Giang province from August 20-22. The festival will be a good opportunity for ethnic groups to exchange cultural activities, strengthen solidarity and share experiences...
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