A policy advocacy workshop aiming to support returned migrant women and their households took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 18.

Gender equality should be included in the National Target Programme on New Rural Development as well as new-style rural area building criteria, by mainstreaming gender issues during the implementation of the programme in the years to come, a workshop in Hanoi on June 11 heard.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with NA female deputies in Hanoi on June 10.

From 2021, an official roadmap to adjust the retirement age shall be applied according to the Clause 5, Article 169 of the Labor Code. In order to provide its social feedback, on the morning of May 14, 2020, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a workshop to consult professional experts and managers on the draft Decree on retirement age and pension entitlements.

From the beginning of the year, due to the COVID-19 epidemic and unstable weather, the diseases on cattle and poultry have affected production and daily life, making it difficult for many members and women.