On January 5th, at the 8th session of the 13th Vietnam Women’s Union’s Central Executive Committee, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Hien – Member of VWU Presidium and Director General of Central VWU’s Administration Department - was elected VWU Vice President.

Recently, the Center for Women and Development, Women’s Union Vietnam, organised the launch of the book “Towards a Peaceful Horizon - Stories of Women Surviving Domestic Violence, Abuse and Human Trafficking” in Hanoi.

International integration brings both opportunities and challenges for women in various fields. Women need to enhance their knowledge and skills to avoid the risk of falling behind. To support women's proactive and effective integration, the Central Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) directed the development of some models for supporting women's integration in 2021.

In the country's integration process, we cannot overlook the important role and contribution of Vietnamese women. Supporting women's international integration is therefore a great concern and importance to the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU).

2023 has seen significant efforts, creativity of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) in the implementation of its tasks and movements. The VWU's e-Portal highlights 10 notable events and activities of the VWU this year:

The Campaign “Building the family of 5 Without-s and 3 Clean-s”, which was launched by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) in 2010, has assisted many households not only to escape from poverty but also to become better off.

On November 14, the Vietnam Women's Union organized a review conference on the “Anti-Plastic Waste” movement, period 2018 - 2023. The movement, deeply embedded in all strata of women nationwide into a spirited and widespread effort, aiming to join hands collecting, recycling, and reducing single-use plastic waste, for environmental protection.

The conference to review the implementation of the Cooperation Agreement between VWU and Nestlé Vietnam Co., Ltd. in 2023 was organized on November 24.

On November 22, Alternate member of CPV Central Commitee, VWU Vice President Ms. Ton Ngoc Hanh, and the delegation visited to monitor the implementation of Project 8 and the activities under “Supporting women in border and island areas”program in Nam Ban border commune (Nam Nhun district, Lai Chau).

Annually, the VWUs at all levels coordinate with the local SPB to organize training courses to improve knowledge and management skills for trust managers and loan & savings team leaders.