The 11th Vietnam National Women’s Congress will be convened during 11th - 14th March 2012 at the Hanoi Friendship Cultural Palace with the participation of 1,157 participants (including 985 delegates and 172 guests).

We send our warmest greetings to the XI. National Congress of the
Vietnam Women's Union and wish the Congress best success.

In celebration of the 11th Congress of National Women held by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) in March, the United Nations in Viet Nam would like to extend our congratulations and support to the outstanding achievements the VWU have made on protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese women to date.

Dear Vietnamese friends!

On 6th January 2012, in the 10th Conference of National Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), 10th tenure, it was decided to launch a special emulation program dedicated to poor women and children in 2012.

To President Vietnam Women Union

To President Vietnam Women Union (VWU

On the threshold of the upcoming 11th Vietnam National Women's Congress, VWU President Mme. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa has sent an open message to all VWU's international friends informing of this important event. Hereinafter is the full letter.

Policy dialogue on strengthening responses to violence against women in Viet Nam

Women Innovators
Good morning,

On the occasion of Vietnamese Women’s day, I would like to salute all Vietnamese women, particularly those of you here this morning and to pay special tribute to the VWU for organizing this important symposium and giving several Vietnamese women the opportunity to demonstrate their capacity to innovate and find creative solutions to challenges that confront them and their communities in their day to day lives.

The United Nations agency charged with gender equality and women’s empowerment today presented concrete areas of focus and goals for the three-day, high-level meeting on AIDS which begins at UN Headquarters tomorrow.

22 February 2010 – The United Nations launched a new effort today to expand its partnership with the private sector and philanthropies in the battle for complete gender equality and the empowerment of women, not only as a necessary human right but as economic common sense as well.

Vietnamese business women were applauded by State President Nguyễn Minh Triết for their great contributions to helping the local economy overcome.

Two collectives and 17 individuals were honoured for their outstanding achievements in scientific and technological research and applications for production and business at a ceremony held by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) in Hanoi o­n March 5.

The nation and the UN have pledged to join hands in executing the national strategy on gender equality for 2011-2020 and a similar national programme for 2011-15 successfully.

Nguyen Thi Loc is one of two Vietnamese female scientists who will receive the Kovalevskaia Award 2010 at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 8, Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper has reported.

Vietnamese women marked their international day o­n March 8 with the establishment of the Intellectual Women’s Association, in the interest of women’s advancement and gender equality.

Project “Financial capacity to reduce domestic violence”

Project “Financial capacity to reduce domestic violence”

CPV) – On December 8th, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Education and Training held a conference to sum-up the Primary Education for Disadvantaged Children (PEDC) project which started in 2003 and completed in 2010.

The Vietnam Guinness Book of Records has recognized 30 new records in the 20th meeting of Vietnamese record holders held in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday.

A nationwide writing contest, entitled ‘Say No to Domestic Violence’ has been launched in Hanoi in a move to raise the entire society’s awareness of a happy, progressive and equal life.

The Ministry of Health and the World Bank (WB) launched the 2010 Innovation Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention with the theme ‘Community Initiative: Preventing AIDS’ on August 11 in Hanoi.

New report and HIV-positive women’s groups make urgent recommendations for advancing leadership of women living with HIV

Under the framework of the project: “Enhancing Women and Children’s Rights” funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Huong Son District Women’s Union, (Ha Tinh province) in cooperation with Ha Tinh Provincial Women’s Union and the Women’s Unions in four communes: Son Giang, Son Ham, Son Trung and Son Linh organized four workshops on “Proposing measures to support children who are poor and living in difficult situations” from June 8th to 11th, 2010.

Recently, with the support of the Local Coordinating Board of the Program for Supporting Enterprise Sector, the Component 1, under the project of Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Khanh Hoa provincial Women’s Union organized the training on “Gender issues in the small and medium businesses” for 140 participants from the local and provincial departments, agencies, mass organizations, managers, WU cadres and enterprises in the province.

On 21st June, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, Member of the Central Communist Party and President of Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), and Mrs. Hoang Thi Ai Nhien, Vice-President of VWU paid visits and congratulated Nhan Dan Newspaper, Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam Television, Voices of Vietnam, Vietnam Journalists Association, Communist Review, and Hanoi Women Newspaper on the 85th Anniversary of the Vietnam Revolutionary Journalism Day.

On 10th June 2010, The Central Vietnam Women’s Union held a meeting for the female members of the XII National Assembly at the Center for Women and Development, 20 Thuy Khue Street, Ha Noi.

Recently, a delegation from the TYM Fund attended the workshop on combining health protection with microfinance activities which was organized in the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), in the Philippines. There were 20 participants of 9 microfinance organizations from Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.

On the morning of 22nd of April 2010, with the support of the Presidium of the Central Vietnam Women’s Union, Da Nang Women’s Union conducted a training course to improve local women cadres’ capacity in organizing communicative activities on community-based criminal preventions.

On the morning of April 5th, 2010, the Women’s Academy of Vietnam Women’s Union opened the refresher training course named “Professional Training on Women’s Works for VWU’s Full Time Staffs at Provincial/Municipal and District Levels in Northern Provinces.”

Vice-President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy together with representatives from relevant departments of the Central VWU received a 16-member delegation of the United Federation of Danish Workers (a.k.a. 3F) on 12 April, 2010.

From March 30 to April 10, 2010, a delegation of Vietnam Women’s Union, headed by President Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa, paid a visit to 3 Eastern European countries of Russia, Belarus and Czech Republic.

During 2 days of 15th – 16th of April 2010, Vietnam Women’s Union in collaboration with Oxfam and Disaster Management Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development organized the Orientation Workshop on Disaster Risk Management and Response to Climate change in Vietnam.

First I want to express my deepest appreciation to the Government of Vietnam for conferring the Friendship Medal. To both Ann and me, our work with our Vietnamese friends and colleagues during 16 visits to Vietnam, starting in 1978, has been tremendously stimulating and satisfying. Since the time of our youth, to us -- as to millions of others of our generation throughout the world -- Vietnam has been an example of great courage and achievement under the most difficult circumstances imaginable.

At the 25th Anniversary of Kovalevskaia Prize in Vietnam

 

On March 12th, 2010, the Kovalevskaia Prize Committee in Vietnam organized the 25th Anniversary of the Kovalevskaia Prize in Vietnam and held the Kovalevskaia Award Ceremony to 3 individuals for years 2008 and 2009.

On March 7, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) celebrated the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the 1970th anniversary of Trung Sisters (Hai Ba Trung) uprising.

The Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women’s Union has declared 2010 to be the year of active participation in the special emulations; improvement of the activity quality of the organization and effectively implementation of the VWU’s mandate of representing and protecting women’s legitimate rights. The key tasks and activities for the VWU in 2010 are:

In 2004, Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) launched the Mobilization on “Building Affection Houses” to commemorate 50th Year of the Dien Bien Phu Victory with the aim that by 2010, there will be no families living in dilapidated or temporary houses. At the 3rd session (July, 2008) of VWU Executive Committee, VWU continued to promote the Mobilization on “Building Affection Houses” for poor women, single women and disabled women with especially difficult situations with the target that “There is every week getting one new house built for poor women - poor family”.

A grand ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ben Tre (Concerted Uprising) (January 17, 1960 – January 17, 2010) was held by the Ben Tre province’s People’s Council, the People’s Committee and the Vietnam Fatherland Front on January 17.

VietNamNet Bridge – Trieu Thi Nai has been elected to the 9th National Assembly and returning to Congress and after three terms, sees great change. Meanwhile her family recently moved from Ha Giang to Hanoi but, as she told VietNamNet, she’s still getting used to the traffic.

October 20 is observed annually as vietnamese women’s day to highlight their role and status in the struggle for the nation’s revolutionary cause as well as its Doi Moi (Renovation) process.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in Hanoi on January 12 coordinated with the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC) and the Central Vietnam Women’s Union to hold a press conference to launch the National Week on Vietnamese Women 2010.

HA NOI — The anti-domestic violence law went into effect last year, but many couple confess that they do not care to abide by the law.

At the invitation of the Development Department of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei Darussalam, as the President of the ASEAN Confederation of ASEAN Women’s Organizations (ACWO) 2008-2010, the Vietnam Women’s delegation headed by Mrs. H’Ngam Nie K’Dam, its Vice-president attended the 8th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Women titled “Reducing Feminization of women with a Right-based approach” and the ACWO Board Meeting in Brunei Darussalam during 2-4 Nov.2009.

On 13th Oct. 2009, 150 delegates who won the Awards of “Excellent local WU’s President” from all the 63 provinces/cities throughout the country had participated in the seminars in order to share their experiences on carrying out the women’s movement and 6 main tasks of the WUs at their local level.

On the occasion of 79th Anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Union (20 October, 1930 – 20 October, 2009), on 19 October, 2009, Dong Thap Provincial Women’s Union organized a gathering of nearly 200 exemplary women entrepreneurs from the province.

On the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the Foundation Day of Vietnam Women’s Union, 20th October, Thua Thien Hue Provincial Women’s Union, in collaboration with Prudential Life Insurance Company, Hue Branch, organized a dialogue and gifts hand-over to poor women living in the Dam river area of Thua Thien Hue.