The HelpAge International (HAI) and the Big Lottery Fund of Britain has launched the first ever project in Vietnam to improve the living conditions of the elderly who are affected by the global AIDS pandemic.

Founded in October 20, 1930, today, VWU is 75 years old. Over the past 75 years, the Union has grown up in strength. The nation-wide emulation movement launched by the Union has attracted millions of women throughout the country, contributing to the national patriotic emulation movements, raising the status and position of the women and the women’s union as well.

On the International Day for the Elderly people 1st October, the VWU in cooperation with Help Age International Organization (HAI) held a press conference on the topic “The Role of the Elderly Women on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for HIV Infected People, Orphans and Vulnerable Children”.

It is normal to pass an entrance examination to University, but passing with maximum scores in all 3 subjects is rarely seen. Surprisingly, one of few people who broke the record was a sticky rice vending girl in Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province - Nguyen Thi Quynh Giang, the champion among newly admitted students of Vinh Pedagogy University.

According to Dr Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Vice Director of the Center for Family Health and Family Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, the Green Questions Club is a part of a reproductive healthcare project co-implemented by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health and the Youth Cultural House

40 people took part in two training courses in photography held jointly by AIDS and Community Magazine and ActionAid Vietnam

Mrs. Nguyen Thi Quyt, 39, of Phuoc Trung Ward, Long Dien District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, recently posted a letter to the Women of Vietnam Newspaper in request for support

Towards the 60th commemoration of the August Revolution and the National Day of 2nd September, the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Police’s Foundation and 75th commemoration of VWU Foundation, from 11 to 12 August, Presidium of Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a pilgrimate to historical places in Tuyen Quang province where Central VWU located during the Resistance War against the French (1950-1954).

Seven young women, who have formed a dong dang, or peer group, to both prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and help those already infected in Thanh Hoa Province on the central coast, are linked by a common fate.

In 2005, the Family Planning Association of the Republic of Korea continued its support of youth HIV/aids prevention in Vietnam through a donation of US$ 55,000 (together with US$ 20,000 in 2004).