Ms. Hong said she had received a letter from Miss Universe President Paula Mary Shugart two days before, which was only 10 days after the Miss Universe delegation’s trip to the country and much earlier than expected since during her trip, Ms. Shugart said she would give a definite answer within two months.

The MBC channel in the Republic of Korea (RoK) has recently reported that a Vietnamese bride died while seeking to escape from her husband’s house in April.

More than 30 years ago, a teenaged girl in Ha Noi heard a rousing song calling for the US to pull out of Viet Nam. The tune touched off a heart-warming personal journey, Xuan Hong and Khanh Chi report.

"Can you give me a cigarette?" a stylish woman asks her boyfriend at a birthday party.

Retired reporter Hoang Van Sac has just received a national prize for a photograph he took 39 years ago of 12 young female volunteers levelling a bomb crater.

Nearly 48.353 employees have benefited from vocational and professional consultancy; 60.000 employees have been provided contemporary work abroad, 90.382 women have been introduced to jobs, 44.998 of those have stable jobs.

Divorce is on the rise in Vietnam and attitudes are changing.

The Government will retain its key role in investment in health care in the next 10-15 years, particularly for poor people, said Health Minister Tran Thi Trung Chien in an recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnamese Government on January 29 issued a regulation instructing assistance to trafficked women and children to reintegrate into the community.

On 24th May 2007, the VWU’s Presidium promulgated the Plan No. 39 for disseminating and educating laws for women in 2007.