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Vietnam strives to raise female UN peacekeepers to 20% by 2025
Vietnam is striving to raise the rate of female officers in the country's peacekeeping force to 20% by 2025, Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien told a conference in Hanoi on October 19. -
Vietnam's top female badminton player enters world's top 20
Vietnam's top female badminton player, Nguyen Thuy Linh, earned a historic milestone on October 24 by entering the top 20 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s world rankings for the first time. -
“October Flowers” Program
On the morning of October 19, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a program to praise 293 outstanding Presidents of Grassroots WUs in 2023 at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Labor Cultural Palace. With the theme "October Flowers", the program honors the VWU's grassroots staff who have been strongly committed to VWU work and the women's movement nationwide. -
Female Vietnamese fighter jumps impressively on Muay world ranking
Vietnamese fighter Huynh Ha Huu Hieu has won the World Boxing Council (WBC) Muay Thai International Title in the women's minimumweight class (45.39 kg). -
Exhibition "17 Vietnamese Faces of Action for Sustainable Development" kicked off
The exhibition is under the "17 Faces of Action" initiative of the UNOG director general Tatiana Valovaya. The initiative targets to recognise and encourage women around the world to actively contribute to socio-economic development, promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) achievements. -
Winners of “Women Do Business” programme 2023 announced
Unilever Vietnam, Sunlight, and the Vietnam Women’s Union held a ceremony on October 14 to honour winners of the “Women Do Business” programme 2023 and respond to the “Women’s creative start-ups and green transformation” programme 2024. -
Celebrating 115th birthday of late VWU President Nguyen Thi Thap
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thap, or Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tot by real name, was born on October 10, 1908. She came from a poor farmer family with a patriotic tradition in Long Hung commune, Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province. She got married at the age of 17 at the request of her father. The marriage did not work out, she left her child at the husband’s and came back home. Since then, she joined the Revolution with the youthful enthusiasm. -
Woman works to inspire love for Muong ethnic culture among local children
Since 2004, Muong ethnic woman Dinh Thi Kieu Dung has held numerous free classes on Muong ethic culture to local children in Bo Town, Kim Boi District, Hoa Binh Province, contributing to inspiring their love for their ethnic culture. -
Lotus leaf-made painting of female general Nguyen Thi Dinh presented to Women’s Museum
The Vietnam Women's Museum, in collaboration with the Women's Club with Cultural Heritage and the Vietnam Ao Dai Heritage Club, held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 24 to receive a portrait of female general Nguyen Thi Dinh (1920-1992) made from lotus leaves. -
Female Vietnamese “blue beret” performs tasks at MINUSCA
Over the past time, Vietnam has sent many female peacekeepers to U.N. peacekeeping missions. The female Vietnamese “blue berets” have wholeheartedly tried their best to accomplish their international service, leaving deep impressions on international friends and locals. -
Ceremony honours Vietnamese national women's football team
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) in coordination with the TCP Vietnam Company held a ceremony in Hanoi on June 27 to honour Vietnam’s national women's football team for winning gold medal at SEA Games 32. -
Vietnam’s fashion designs introduced in London
Two fashion collections by designers Lan Huong and Jordan Nguyen made debut in London, the UK, on March 30 as part of a Vietnam discovering event held at the D-Contemporary gallery. -
Vietnamese female boxer beats former world champion
Vietnamese boxer Nguyen Thi Tam has trounced two-time world champion Kyzaibay Nazym of Kazakhstan 5-0 at the ongoing IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India. -
Director Ha Le Diem: Making movies grants me opportunities to understand and live in others’ worlds
Born in a mountainous district in Bac Kan province, Ha Le Diem's biggest dream at the age of 16, was to go out and see the world. “I don't want to be born and die in the same place,” she said. In 2023, she became the first Vietnamese female director to have a documentary film nominated for an Oscar. -
Vietnam’s top female badminton player now 49th in world ranking
Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh has risen to the 49th position in the world’s latest singles women rankings, according to Badminton World Federation (BWF). -
Helping poor women in coastal areas to escape poverty
The lives of households living in the coastal area of Dien Chau (Nghe An) who have been surrounded by poverty for many years have changed markedly after they became members* of TYM. A typical example is the story of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thien from Nam Tien Tien village, Dien Kim commune. -
Ta Oi ethnic woman promotes traditional ‘zeng’ weaving products to the world
Zeng’ weaving is a typical traditional craft of the Ta Oi ethnic people in A Luoi district, Thua Thien Hue province. With a hope to preserve and promote her ancestors’ craft, Ta Oi ethnic artisan Mai Thi Hop has worked to bring traditional ‘zeng’ weaving products to the world. -
Google Doodle honours first female Vietnamese newspaper editor Suong Nguyet Anh
The world’s most popular search engine Google paid tribute to Suong Nguyet Anh, the first female editor of the first women’s newspaper in Vietnam by posting a drawing of her on its homepage on February 1. -
FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: tough journey ends with miracle for Vietnam
2022 has been a good year for the Vietnamese female football team, as they successfully defended their championship at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and for the first time ever secured a berth in the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 that will take place in Australia and New Zealand. -
Vietnamese documentary film nominated for 2023 Oscars
“Children of the Mist” (Nhung dua tre trong suong), a documentary film by Ha Le Diem, a woman director from the Tay ethnic minority group, has been included into the shortlist of the top 15 documentary films advanced in the Documentary Feature Film category of the 95th Academy Awards (2023 Oscar). -
Outstanding athletes, coaches in 2022 honoured
Athlete Nguyen Thi Oanh and head coach of the national women’s football team Mai Duc Chung have been voted as the most outstanding athlete and sport coach, respectively, in 2022 by journalists and sports reporters. -
Event held to celebrate feminist poet Ho Xuan Huong
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony held on December 3 in the central province of Nghe An to honour the celebrated female poet Ho Xuan Huong (1822-1822), whose works called for equality for women. -
Soprano Hien Nguyen: I want to promote young Vietnamese music talents to the world
After two years studying at Milan Conservatory, Vietnamese soprano Hien Nguyen received an offer to work at a long-standing theatre in Italy. However, she decided to instead return to Vietnam, setting her art career in the motherland. She held a talk with Nhan Dan Weekly Newspaper to talk more about what she has learned and gained flowing the decision. -
Mountainous women developing business with e-commerce
Many women in Vietnam’s northern mountainous areas have become wealthy in recent years after running cooperatives and applying information technology. The dynamism of these women has helped create more jobs with good incomes for local people. -
Vietnamese contestant crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022
Le Nguyen Bao Ngoc, a representative of Vietnam, has triumphantly overcome 70 contestants from various countries around the world, to be crowned Miss Intercontinental 2022. -
Hanoi: Ten outstanding women honoured
Ten women with outstanding contributions to Hanoi were honoured at an October 13 festival held by the capital branch of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU). -
First Vietnamese woman to win 'world's toughest' triathlon
Vu Phuong Thanh has become the first Vietnamese to win Swiss Ultra Deca Continuous Triathlon World Championship - the toughest triathlon competition in the world. -
Author Quyen Gavoye: Writing is a way for me to pay homage to the motherland
Author Quyen Gavoye, a Vietnamese expat who is living and working in France, was recently named among the winners of the third De Men (Cricket) Awards for her two children’s books. -
Vietnamese professor receives UK Royal Society of Chemistry’s noble prize
Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation. -
First Vietnamese woman reaches summit of Mount Everest
Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha, also known as Celine Nha Nguyen, has become the first Vietnamese woman to conquer the summit of Mount Everest, according to Nepal-based mountaineering company Seven Summit Treks.
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