Sung A Cau’s one-year-old son was kidnapped by human traffickers in Mu Sang Ward in Lai Chau Province while his wife was visiting relatives.

With fewer women born and more of them marrying foreigners, a lot of men may be left feeling lonely.

Who is the perfect modern woman? A high-powered businessperson or a skilful housewife?

For academics at Memorial University of Newfoundland and in Vietnam health problems are part of larger social issues and require the expertise of social workers

GIPA commitment review meeting was held by GIPA project in Vietnam Women’s Museum in the morning of March 19th, to share experiences and finding solutions to promote effectively GIPA commitments addressed in GIPA National Workshop in August 2007.

Sixty- five -year- old Nguyen Thi Kim Chung’s late son was forced to rely on supportive relatives to buy medicine. As a housewife, Chung has no pension, forcing her to depend on her husband’s meagre salary to cover the daily needs of her five-member family.

The police and border guards will intensify their operations in 2008 to crack down on women and children trafficking acrossing borderlines with China and Cambodia.

If Thuan Thi Tru has her way, Cham-style brocade fabrics will become a fashion statement worldwide.

THANH HOA — Nursing mother Le Thi Nghia burst into tears when food and medicine arrived at the Thach Thanh General Hospital.

The workshop was organized from 29 to 30 August in Hanoi with the participation of core cadres from 17 provincial/municipal Women’s Unions working on the project “Access to Coordinated Credit and Enterprise Development Services.”

To develop the traditional moral standard of “when drinking water, remember its source”, VWU takes great interest in returning war heroes’ favor and has implemented a number of effective activities.

Cam Xuyen District, Ha Tinh Province, is making an all-out effort to stabilise the local population with the co-operation of the whole community.

Many people living in rural areas are flocking to cities, seeking urban opportunities to feed their families and improve the lives of their children.

On 2nd August 2007, with the support of the Bread for the World, Yen Bai provincial Women’s Union together with Nghia Lo Town Women’s Union and Van Chan district Women’s Union organized Contest of “Communicators Prevention against Trafficking in Women and Children”

More and more young teachers are volunteering to go to remote mountainous provinces to teach ethnic minority children in the hope of helping them catch up with the rest of their peers.

According to the Reproductive Health Agency, around 48.7% of deaths of expectant mothers occur at provincial and district level health stations and 27.5% at their homes.

According to the Reproductive Health Agency, around 48.7% of deaths of expectant mothers occur at provincial and district level health stations and 27.5% at their homes.

Healthcare experts point to infections from birth control devices and abortions as the cause

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.

Three sets of materials, which were discussed at a workshop for inputs and comments to develop communication materials on Gender Equality (G.E) on 24 May, are G.E Communication Handbook, GE Questions and Answers, and folding paper introducing some regulations on GE violation, G.E in the fields of politics, culture, education, family to name a few.

The workshop “GIPA project (Greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS) and Service providers” was held recently by Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union. Attending the workshop were representatives of GIPA Project’s Central Management Board, Ho Chi Minh WU and agencies and organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention.