To further promote foreign funding mobilization for main activities of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) in the context of decreasing aid sources and strong competition in the international aid market, the Central VWU, on 6 -7 January 2005, conducted a Training Workshop on "Formulation of External Funding Mobilization Strategy for the Vietnam Women's Union".

Ms Christa Randzio-PIath, president of Mane Schiel Association (Germany), was conferred the medal of VWU “For the cause of women's emancipation", by VWU Vice President Nguyen Phuong Minh on 5th August 2004.

The National Committee for Advancement of Women in Vietnam (NCFAW) recently made public a guide for integrating gender in policy-making and implementation.

At the invitation of the Global Summit on Women 2004’s organizers, Vietnam Vice President Truong My Hoa participated in the event in Seoul, Republic of Korea as an honorable chairwoman, from May 27th to 29th.

On 22nd April, 2004, VWU received a set of office equipment including computers, printers and speakers (valued at US$ 20,000) from All China Women's Federation through Embassy of China to Vietnam. Participating in the ceremony were Ambassador of China, representatives of the embassy, VWU vice president Truong Thi Khue and other staff.