Vietnam climbed two places from the 117 out of the 189 countries in 2019 to the 115 out of the 191 countries in 2021 in the global 2021/22 Human Development Report (HDR) freshly released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The Vietnamese Sepaktakraw women’s team secured the championship title in the quadrant event of the 2022 King’s Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship, after defeating host Thailand 2-0 in the final on July 27.

Vietnamese representative Vu Huyen Dieu, also known as Bella Vu, bagged a gold medal in vocal music and a silver in piano at the ninth Asia Arts Festival which is getting underway in Singapore.

Vietnam has climbed four places on World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2022 in the past year, from 87th to 83rd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.705/1.

Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan has put forward solutions to fully tap the potential and role of women in making policies on socio-economic recovery and development in her remarks at the 2022 Global Summit of Women (GSW) in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23.

Source: "Uncle Hồ with Women and Children" published by Vietnam Women's Publishing House

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on March 8 met with full-time female NA deputies and female managers of the NA Office on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

‘Po Koong’ (wedding), an important ceremony of the Bahnar people, has recently been introduced to visitors at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism in Hanoi within the framework of ‘Colours of spring across the country’ in 2022.

The level-2 field hospital No.3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations peacekeeping mission together with Ghana’s Formed Police Unit (FPU) recently arranged the first charity trip of the year to Bentiu Central Prison in South Sudan.

High intelligence together with great bravery will help Vietnamese businesswomen overcome the formidable challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and develop their business in a sustainable fashion, according to the Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE) Thai Huong.