The project entitled “Rural Development For a Future Without Poverty”, which was implemented in Tuyen Quang province, helped not only women improve their living standard and enhance all-sided capacity but also women staffs raise the management skill.

The Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee has launched the “Month for the Poor” drive which will last from Oct 17 to November 18 to raise fund for disadvantaged people.

We visited Ms Nguyen Thi Hiep's family in Doai village, Vinh Thinh commune, Vinh Loc district, Thanh Hoa province.

24 women were conferred and bestowed the title “Vietnamese Heroic Mothers” for their contributions to the protection and construction of the country in a ceremony held by Ho Chi Minh City Committee of the Party, People's Council, People’s Committee and Fatherland Front Committee on Oct. 14.

During the first 6 months of 2006, the Cho Moi District Women’s Union has effectively implemented 6 key programs of the Women’s Union with a focus on the program of “Supporting Women to Develop Economics”.

Transforming into an income generation entity, in 2006, TYM Fund of the Vietnam Women’s Union has got full legal capacity to access to domestic and foreign financial resources

The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 20 launched a writing competition for Vietnamese women in and outside the country.

Over the past years, the Vietnam Women Union (VWU) has devised many practical programmes of action to realise the Party resolution and the national target programme on hunger and poverty reduction. Women organisations across the country have been encouraged to actively engage in social programmes to help women escape poverty.

Vietnamese Vice President Truong My Hoa spoke highly of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital on Thursday and said its staff of visiting medical specialists had made a great contribution to Viet Nam’s efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness and restore sight.

With the support of the Finland Embassy, the Soc Trang provincial Women’s Union together with the Provincial Vocational Training School and the Kim Chi embroidery Export Co-operative (An Giang) opened an embroidery and a housework training classes for 70 poor women in Cu Lao Dung district and Soc Trang town.