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Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) has donated 2,000 hand wash gel bottles and VND 300 million in cash to the Border guard soldiers, valued at VND 400 million in kind and VND 300 million in cash.

On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the International Women's Day - March 8 and the 1980th anniversary of Trung sisters' uprising, many provincial and city Women’s Unions (WU) launched a special emulation campaign towards the 90th anniversary of the VWU’s establishment with the theme "90 practical actions for women and children".

The COVID-19 pandemic from the beginning of 2020 has been having strong impacts not only in the country but also in the world. As of April 3, 2020, the world has more than 1 million infected people.

Vulnerable women’s sustainable access to hygiene and water is a key goal of the Project “Community Hygiene and Water - Women-led output-based aid” - Woba (Choba Project Phase 3) implemented by the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the East meets West (EMW) in 5 provinces (Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Ben Tre) from 2018-2022 and funded by the Water for Women Fund under the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

On the afternoon of 17 February, the VWU and FrieslandCampina Company (Dutch Lady Brand) presented handwash and milk products worth of VND 330 million to women living in Son Loi commune, Binh Xuyen district, Vinh Phuc province. The commune has been placed under quarantine after the diagnosis of several cases of Covid-19 virus there.

The business start-up of women has been challenging. In the past years, implementing the Program "Supporting women business start-up in 2017-2025 period”, the Women's Union at all levels have supported constantly women overcoming barriers to do their business successfully.

On the morning of January 3, 2020, at the National Assembly's Office, Vietnam Women's Union in coordination with Vietnam National Assembly’s Delegation in charge of supervising "the implementation of policies and laws on the prevention and control of child abuse" and the Vietnam Association for Protection of Child’s Rights organizes a Workshop on "Prevention of violence and sexual abuse against child in the family".

At the Spring Celebration “Áo dài and Flowers” held at the Vietnam Women’s Museum on the evening of January 17th, 2020, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) launched the collection of 1 million signatures to nominate Áo dài to be recognized as a National Heritage by signing a pair of special Áo dài.

Recently the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) launched the 2020 Contest "Creative Women Entrepreneurs - Successful Connection" to support and help realize startup ideas and projects with priority given to poor women, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.