• UNICEF hails Vietnam’s eliminating gender discrimination

    The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on December 11 issued a new report commending Vietnam’s efforts in eliminating gender discrimination.

  • Education plan for disabled

    A Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposal aims to have as many as 95% of handicapped children attending school by 2015.

  • ADB helps reduce malnutrition for poor children in Vietnam

    Representatives from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Ministry of Health on December 6 signed an agreement on granting US$2 million to help reduce severe malnutrition for poor children in Vietnam.

  • Sex discrimination reduced: NCFAW

    Viet Nam has strictly implemented its obligations as a signatory to the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), said Tran Thi Mai Huong, Vice Chairwoman of the National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam (NCFAW), at a conference on Thursday.
  • More than EUR800,000 for eliminating illiteracy

    The United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will allocate EUR800,000 for setting up a network of community training centers nationwide, designing teaching materials for these centers and upgrading the currently available centers between 2007 and 2008, according to a project executed by the Ministry of Education &Training and the UNESCO Office in Ha Noi.
  • Norway to help out female MPs

    Norway has committed two-thirds of a 90,000 USD project that aims to increase the number of National Assembly female delegates to 30 percent by the next term from the current 27.3 percent.
  • Female artist’s paintings on display

    A painting exhibition of female painters’ club of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association opened on December 1 in Hanoi.
  • Vietnamese arts and crafts honoured at ASEAN Festival

    The first ASEAN Arts and Crafts Festival ended in Thailand on December 3 with the participation of hundreds of artisans and businesspeople from the 10 member countries. Once again, the traditional Vietnamese dress and skilful handicrafts have made a good impression on visitors.
  • Free Healthcare Services for People of Merit

    The ministries of Health, Finance and Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs recently issued a circular on healthcare policy to people who rendered services to the country.

  • Awarding the Medal “For the Cause of Women’s Emancipation ” to the family of Mr. Tran Dinh Hue, a Vietnamese resident in Switzerland

    During a working visit to Switzerland, Vice –President Nguyen Phuong Minh, on behalf of the VWU’s leadership, awarded the Medal “For the Cause of Women’s Emancipation” to the family of Mr. Tran Dinh Hue and Mrs. Vu Thi Loc – Vietnamese residents in Switzerland. The ceremony took place at the head office of the Vietnamese Mission in Geneva to acknowledge and express high appreciation to Mr.Loc family’s contribution to the poor women in Viet Nam and the Vietnam Women’s Union as well. .