On the morning of June 24, 2021, the Central VWU and the East Meets West organized the awarding ceremony of the contest "Innovative Women - Developing solutions to improve sanitation and access to safe water for climate change response and social inclusion” for 6 winners in the Mekong Delta region.

In order to promptly support staffs and woman members in provinces/cities experiencing Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, the Vietnam Women's Union Presidium has issued a Plan to continue accelerating activities Women nationwide joining hands to fight against Covid-19.

The contest "Family safe from natural disasters and climate change" awarded 11 collectives, 8 individuals, and 6 prizes of online voting through VWU Facebook fan page.

In response to the Action Month for the Environment and the World Environment Day on June 5, 2021, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) is organizing an online contest "Women join hands to restore the ecosystem".

On the afternoon of May 27th, the Central Vietnam Women's Union organized a ceremony to receive donations from organizations, businesses, and individuals to promptly support women and people who are affected severely by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As an organization under the Central Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), TYM has closely coordinated with VWU at all levels to implement practical activities to support TYM members and women members to run for the election of deputies of the People’s Councils at all levels in the localities where TYM operates as follows:

On June 17th and 18th, the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a training to provide knowledge and skills for women’s start-up in the Central and Central Highlands regions on business models development, value added products, how to develop project proposals or ideas to meet requirements, criteria and to be selected to participate in the 4th Women's Start-up Contest of regional round.

The Women's Union of Thanh Hoa province has just launched and given breeding animal to 6 cooperative models with the value chain on food hygiene and safety with a total value of over 500 million VND.

Like steps, small but sure, the micro-loans of Tinh Thuong One-member Limited Liability Microfinance Institution (TYM) under the Central Vietnam Women’s Union have helped hundreds of thousands of women start-up businesses.

In recent time, the Women’s Union at all levels has conducted many programs, activities to accompany with women in realizing their start-up dream in the context of Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.

A research conducted by the Vietnam Women's Union on married migrant women returning to Vietnam from Korea reveals many difficulties they face in terms of psychological, legal and financial matters.

On July 5th, the Vietnam Women’s Union and the Border Guards Command organized the signing ceremony of the Program "Supporting for women in border and island areas” in the 2021-2025 period and "Supporting for women to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic" in Hong Ngu city, Dong Thap province.

On the morning of June 2, Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) President Ha Thi Nga attended the "Meeting on the coordination mechanism to support farmers in harvesting and selling agricultural products in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic" coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). This activity will contribute to building ecological agriculture, modern countryside, smart farmers and improving the lives of rural people.

That was the theme of a webinar organized by ASEAN ACT with the participation of 400 delegates from 7 ASEAN countries on the afternoon of March 31st, 2021. Viet Nam joined the webinar at 3 venues (the VWU’s headquarter, Can Tho City and the People's Police Academy)

In order to increase the percentage of women elected to the National Assembly and the People's Councils for the 2021-2026 term, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) has early directed its whole system on election work.

According to the quick information from some provincial Election Committees, the percentage of women elected to the provincial People's Council has reached over 30 percent - the target set out for the women’s representation in the People's Council at all levels.

The Vietnamese Government, the Government of Australia, and several United Nations agencies (UNFPA, UNICEF and UN Women) are committed to working together and calling for more joint efforts to end violence against women and children.

A signing ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between the Vietnam Women's Academy (VWA) and Bao Son Group was held on April, 22 in order to strengthen cooperation in education, scientific and technological research for training activities and provision of human resources responsive to social needs.

“0 VND – ride” is a place where customers do not need to pay for their purchases. The place is full of books, pens, toys, instant noodles, household goods, etc. and warm hearts.

Towards the election day of the 15th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels of the 2021-2026 term, the Vietnam Women's Unions at all levels have been conducting many practical activities to communicate and mobilize people to participate in the election. Communication on the Covid-19 prevention and control has also been integrated in these activities.

On April 23, 2021, the delegation of TYM’s Board of Directors led by Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) cum Chairwoman of TYM’s Board of Directors Do Thi Thu Thao visited the branch of Nghi Loc, Nghe An and directed activities to support women and children of TYM in the district of Nghi Loc.

In January, 2021, the Project Management Board held a workshop to review the project implementation in 2020 and work out the project plan for 2021 with the participation of leader representatives of Plan Vietnam, People's Committee, education sector, and Women's Union in the two project provinces. VWU Vice President Tran Thi Huong attended the Workshop.

The Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) recently held a training in Ho Chi Minh City aiming to enhance capacity for members of the network supporting for women and girls with disabilities in the South.

The online training "Vietnamese women are confident in doing business" held by Google’s Women Will, Unilever under the sponsorship of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) is a one of the practical activities providing Vietnamese women with knowledge and application of science and technology advances in the digital age, creating opportunities for women members to enhance their capability for business start-up, aiming to support 1 million Vietnamese women in doing business by 2025.

On March 4, 2021, the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) hold a conference to collect voters’ opinions on the nominees for the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA).

NDO – An Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) performance event named “Ao Dai Cua Chung Ta” (Our Ao Dai) was held in Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam (The Temple of Literature) in Hanoi, on April 9.

Sustainable employment and social security for female workers were the main topics of discussion at the meeting on March 25th between Ms. Ha Thi Nga - member of Vietnam Communist Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) - and Mr. Chang-Hee Lee, Country Director of International Labor Organization (ILO) in Vietnam.

Officially launched in mid -February 2021, the Women’s Start-up Contest in 2021 continues to provide a playground for women to demonstrate their capabilities and roles.

According to the official list announced by the 13th National Party Congress Press Center on January 30, 2021, Ms. Ha Thi Nga - President of the Vietnam Women's Union - has been elected to the 13th tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) and is one of the three female members joining the PCC for the first time.

The Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technologyheld a ceremony on March 5 to mark the 35th founding anniversary of the Kovalevskaia Awards and present the 2020 awards to outstanding female scientists.

The Vietnam Women’s Union, the Institute for Development & Community Health LIGHT, and the UN Women in Vietnam jointly organised a virtual programme on March 6 to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8) and launch the campaign “For Women’s Smile” in Hanoi, central Thua Thien-Hue Province, and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi recently received photos, documents and items with the theme “Memories and Heritage” from diplomats, photojournalists, female doctors, and fashion designers.

On the sidelines of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam, Ms. Ha Thi Nga - President of the Vietnam Women's Union - gave an interview to the World and Viet Nam Report

The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Central Committee, in coordination with the Hanoi People’s Committee and the Capital Regiment (308th Infantry Division), launched a tree planting festival in Hanoi on February 20, in the presence of Politburo member and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai.

Just before the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays, the Covid-19 outbreak returns and rapidly spreading in some provinces, affecting the spring welcoming atmosphere of the people nationwide. With the desire to spread safety message and positive thinking to encourage the whole country in fighting the epidemic, the Vietnamese Women's Museum has responded to the prevention campaign with motto "5K + 1 = 6 No" through pictures.

Since the beginning of 2021, joining hands with the government and the whole society in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnam Women's Union at all levels has many practical support activities such as providing basic necessities, Tet gifts, medical materials for quarantine areas and duty posts, ect.

From January 8th to 10th, 2021, a delegation from the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU), led by its President Ha Thi Nga, visited, presented gifts to, and organized events "Tet of Love" for VWU members and women in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces on the occasion of the coming Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet).

On December 26, 2020 in Thanh Hoa province, the Vietnam Women’s Union and the Border Guards Command organized a review conference of the Program “Supporting for women in border and island areas” in the 2018-2020 period.

After two intensive working days, the 10th session of the VWU’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) tenure XII was successfully concluded on the afternoon of December 25, 2020

In 2020, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a number of effective activities and events, namely 10 typical events as follows:

There is a number of new provisions in the VWU’s draft amended and supplemented Constitution. Accordingly, Article 3, Clause 2 states "People with prestige and influence, who support women's movements and VWU activities, agree with the VWU’s Constitution and voluntarily join the organization, are recognized as honorary members".

NDO – ‘Len Thanh Pho’ (Making our Place), a short documentary on women migrants in Hanoi, has won The Best Next Gen Award at the 2020 Better Cities Film Festival which was recently held in the US.

The Presidium of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) held a consultation workshop on December 10th on preparing Intangible Cultural Heritage nomination file of Ao Dai related values.

On December 10, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and Nestlé Vietnam signed a cooperation agreement for three-year period 2020-2022 in supporting women's comprehensive development, ensuring their safety and improving their quality of life through healthcare and nutrition for women and children.

The review conference of the Program “Supporting for women in border and island areas” in the 2018-2020 period were organized recently by Dak Lak Provincial Women Union and the Border Guards.

68 excellent projects were awarded with more than 8 billion VND at the Contest “Women Start-up - Successful Connection”. The award ceremony took place in Hanoi on October 13rd with the attendance by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

On October 18, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) held a ceremony to mark its 90th founding anniversary (1930-2020) and convened for its 4th Patriotic Emulation Congress via an online platform in Hanoi, Lam Dong and Can Tho.

This is the direction of VWU President Ha Thi Nga at the national online training conference on the preparation for women's congress at all levels for 2021-2026 tenure towards the 13rd National Women's Congress.

NDO – A programme, themed “Mother and Soldier’ Heart”, officially opened at Vietnam Women's Museum in Hanoi on October 16, featuring a wide variety of practical activities.

The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a forum on women starting up businesses with One Commune, One Product (OCOP) products in Hanoi on October 13.

In response to the Clean Up the World 2020 campaign with the theme - "Every small action makes a world of difference", on the morning of September 20, 2020, the online media event called "Kind to environment" organized by the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) through live reporting on its fan page and e-newspaper has attracted numerous attendances.

“This is a very important project for the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) which helps to protect the benefits and rights of women and children” – shared Ms. Nguyen Thanh Cam, Director General of Law and Policy Department, Project Director.

On the afternoon of September 14, 2020, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a consultation workshop on the draft VWU Resolution on supporting women’s international integration until 2030.

In the third year of organizing the competition for women entrepreneurs all over the country, the Vietnam Women's Union has truly been a bridge between women and experts, investors, sponsors to help realize women’s business plans, projects and ideas.

- Quang Ninh Provincial Women's Union: Building capacity on receiving citizens, settling complaints and denunciations - Dak Lak Provincial Women's Union: Training and communicating on laws

In response to the increasingly complex situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Women's Unions at all levels in Quang Nam province and their members have had many meaningful and practical activities to spread love among their staffs, members, and women.

In recent years, the Vietnam Women's Union’s activities to support the collective economy model run by women have dramatically contributed to creating stable jobs and generating income for rural women, especially for ethnic minority women. From fragmented and single production, after joining cooperatives, production and business efficiency and income of women members have been significantly improved.

The figure was reported at the Conference on credit lending management and poverty eradication for women between 2015 and 2020 by Khanh Hoa provincial Women's Union.

Implementing the policy of supporting collective economy, 12 cooperatives of value chains linked production participating in the 2019 Women's Startup Day have been provided with equipment, machinery, seedlings and fertilizers by the Central Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) through the National Target Program for New Rural Development’s budget.

Mobilizing resources to build “Affection Houses” and repairing houses for poor women and women with extremely difficult circumstances have been done by WUs across the country over the past years, thereby helping many women have a safe house to live in, feel secure to do business, and get better in life.

On behalf of VWU Presidium, President Ha Thi Nga sent an encouragement letter to VWU staff and women in Da Nang City and Quang Nam and Quang Ngai provinces who are facing a new wave of Covid-19.

In order to provide social criticism and contribute to achieving gender equality goals, on the morning of May 19, 2020 the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a consultation workshop on gender aspects of the Draft Law on Vietnamese guest workers under contract (amended) (Law No. 72).

In the morning of July 24, the Ministry of National Defence in collaboration with the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) and the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs organized a meeting in Hanoi to express gratitude to Vietnamese Heroic Mothers nationwide marking the 73rd anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs' Day (July 27, 1947 - July 27, 2020). It was attended by 300 women representing 4,962 Vietnamese Heroic Mothers across the country.

For the safety of women and children, many suitable and practical models have been developed by Women's Union at all levels to meet the needs of members and women.

At the meeting with Ms. Elisa Fernadez - UN Women Representative in Viet Nam on the afternoon of June 9th, 2020, VWU President Ha Thi Nga expressed her concurrence on women and gender issues raised by UN Women Representative and admitted that they are the common concerns and key areas of further cooperation of the two organizations.

On the morning of June 19 in Hanoi, Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) with the support of the Asia Foundation in Vietnam organized a workshop sharing experiences and initiatives to increase the participation of women in politics, which attracted huge participation of leaders, managers, and experts from ministries, branches, and international organizations.

Twenty-one collections of Ao Dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress), which featured world cultural heritages of Vietnam, were introduced to the public at a programme held at Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam (the Temple of Literature) on June 28.

Establishing and operating “One Stop Support Office” (OSSO) to support sustainable reintegration of repatriating women and their families is an important goal of the Project “Strengthening Vietnamese Capacity for Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Migrants Women and their Households in Vietnam” implemented by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) with the sponsorship of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam.

A new project targeting the elimination of violence against women and children in Vietnam was launched on June 17, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

A shelter was built in 2014 in Quang Tri province to support women and children survivors of domestic violence. Over the past few years, the shelter has assisted many unfortunate women, helping to reduce domestic violence and bring happiness to many families.