Women’s festival day for community
October 20th 2009 marked the 79th anniversary of Vietnamese Women’s Day. In order to promote the tradition of solidarity, community cooperation and encourage for those who are in difficulties, “Women’s festival day for community” was organized simultaneously in 24 urban/suburban districts of Ho Chi Minh City on October 10th 2009.
Main activities of the day were: overall street sanitation, free medicine and health check-up for elderly people, women reintegrating into the community, poor women, HIV infected women and women victims of agent orange… on this occasion, Women’s
Translated by Int’l Relations Dept.