A Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposal aims to have as many as 95% of handicapped children attending school by 2015.

Representatives from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Ministry of Health on December 6 signed an agreement on granting US$2 million to help reduce severe malnutrition for poor children in Vietnam.

Viet Nam has strictly implemented its obligations as a signatory to the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), said Tran Thi Mai Huong, Vice Chairwoman of the National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Viet Nam (NCFAW), at a conference on Thursday.

The United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will allocate EUR800,000 for setting up a network of community training centers nationwide, designing teaching materials for these centers and upgrading the currently available centers between 2007 and 2008, according to a project executed by the Ministry of Education &Training and the UNESCO Office in Ha Noi.

Norway has committed two-thirds of a 90,000 USD project that aims to increase the number of National Assembly female delegates to 30 percent by the next term from the current 27.3 percent.

A painting exhibition of female painters’ club of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association opened on December 1 in Hanoi.

The first ASEAN Arts and Crafts Festival ended in Thailand on December 3 with the participation of hundreds of artisans and businesspeople from the 10 member countries. Once again, the traditional Vietnamese dress and skilful handicrafts have made a good impression on visitors.

The ministries of Health, Finance and Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs recently issued a circular on healthcare policy to people who rendered services to the country.

During a working visit to Switzerland, Vice –President Nguyen Phuong Minh, on behalf of the VWU’s leadership, awarded the Medal “For the Cause of Women’s Emancipation” to the family of Mr. Tran Dinh Hue and Mrs. Vu Thi Loc – Vietnamese residents in Switzerland. The ceremony took place at the head office of the Vietnamese Mission in Geneva to acknowledge and express high appreciation to Mr.Loc family’s contribution to the poor women in Viet Nam and the Vietnam Women’s Union as well. .

I met teacher Tran Thi Thiep, vice dean of the special education faculty (for hearing, visual and brain - impaired children) of the Hanoi Teachers' Training College after she had taken her students to Ha Tay province's disabled children nursing centre.

One of this year’s Young Citizens of Ho Chi Minh City is a blind computer teacher named Phan Thuy Phuong. There was a time when the thought of even touching a computer would have been beyond her wildest dreams, let alone using one, but that was then.

The forum for APEC students called “Voice of the future” began on November 13. Around 50 students from APEC economies met for the first time at Hanoi University.

Two top Vietnamese teachers and 100 international counterparts are attending a Microsoft-initiated forum on cutting-edge educational technology in Philadelphia.

Ho Chi Minh City’s top 40 students of the year gathered at the Reunification Palace on Tuesday to receive due recognition and other rewards for their academic prowess.

Many experts have said that WTO membership will bring Vietnamese youngsters more opportunities, but what do the young say about their country’s integration.

More women and children are becoming vulnerable as a result of rising divorce rates in Viet Nam.

A HCM City-based fund working for the socio-economic uplift of the poor has reported impressive results in the 15 years it has been in existence.

Vice State President Truong My Hoa has extended thanks to the Friendship Village International Committee (FVIC) for its assistance to Vietnam's war veterans and Agent Orange/dioxin victims.

Geradine S. Kunstadter, a US citizen, has been awarded an insignia for her contributions to caring Vietnamese disabled and disadvantaged children in recent years.

National Assembly delegates discussed the draft Law on Preventing Domestic Violence for the first time at their Saturday session.

The presidium of VWU organized Workshops to collect inputs and comments from various groups to the Draft of VWU’s Regulations (amended and revised) on 5th and 6th October 2006.

In the evening of 17th October, the Central Viet Nam Women's Union held a meeting of female members of the 10th Session, the 11th National Assembly.

In Oct. 20th, at the Hanoi Cinema Club, the Vietnam Women’s Union and UNFPA in Vietnam organized the film show with the topic of trafficking in women and children. Mme Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa - Member of the Central Party, VWU Vice – President attended the ceremony.

Four collectives and four individuals were honored to be awarded

She was born in a poor, big family in Long An. As the oldest daughter, she did not have a good chance for her education.

Chairwoman of the International Committee of Friendship Villages, Rose Marie Hohn Mizo, has described the Friendship Village as a symbol of international solidarity, cooperation and mutual understanding between nations of different cultures for a common goal.

A collection of 64 poems by Vietnam’s greatest poetess, Ho Xuan Huong, has been published in Romania. The poetry was translated by the writer Constantin Lupeanu, Romania’s Ambassador to Viet Nam from 2000 and 2004, who also edited the 150-page book in Vietnamese and Romanian.

During the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Ha Noi in November, 500 young volunteers from various universities will become roving ambassadors for their country by catering to the needs of the visiting politicians and journalists. For the volunteers, it will be their first real shot at practicing serious diplomacy.

The Danish International Development Agency (Danida) would fund $850,000 for a Vietnamese project to ensure women’s equal access to land and houses in seven rural provinces.

VietNamNet Bridge – My Linh, one of the most famous pop stars in Vietnam, just came back from Japan where the Asian Divas programme was held. Linh has shared her happiness with the press.