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:

1.Communicating important events of the country and of VWU such as, the 50^th Anniversary of the Long-hair Army, 1970^th Anniversary of Two Trung’s Uprising, 100^th Anniversary of the International Women’s Day, 45^th Women’s “Three Responsibilities” Movement, 25^th Anniversary of the Kovalevskaia Prize, 80^th Anniversary of Women’s Union Foundation.

2.Communicating the 11^th Party’s Congress at different levels and the results of the campaign “to study and follow Ho Chi Minh’s moral example”.

3.Generating opinions to the Party’s documents at different levels focusing on women, gender equality and family issues; participating in developing the “National Strategy for Gender Equality in 2011-2020”.

4.Applying new forms and integrated models to support the poor and the near-to-poverty women to develop their economy; cooperating with different agencies to organize vocational training, introduce ways of applying science and new technology, create jobs, and effectively use the resources for women.

5.Expanding the implementation of the "5 Don'ts and 3 Dos" within family-basic to 100% local Women's Unions in order to meet the needs of women and contribute to the development of prosperous, equal, progressive, and happy families.

6.Organizing the Mid-term review of the resolution of the 10^th National Women’ Congress.

7.Hosting the General Assembly of the ASEAN Confederation of Women’s Organization (ACWO) and ACWO Leader Board Meeting.

(Int’l Relations Dept)

• Result of 2 years implementation of the VWU’s mobilization on “Building and Repairing Affection Houses” (Mar 08,2010)
• 50th anniversary of Ben Tre Concerted Uprising celebrated (Mar 05,2010)
• Vietnamese women brighten landscape of Vietnam (Jan 27,2010)
• National Week on Vietnamese Women 2010 launched (Jan 15,2010)
• Vietnam Women’s Union attends the 8th ACW Meeting and ACWO Board Meeting in Brunei Darussalam (Nov 24,2009)
• Some news from the Gathering among the examplary presidents of local women’s unions (Nov 18,2009)
• Dong Thap Provincial Women’s Union: Exemplary Women Entrepreneurs Gathering (Nov 05,2009)
• Thua Thien Hue Provincial Women’s Union: Presenting Gifts to the Poor Women Living in Dam River Area. (Nov 05,2009)
• The Launching Ceremony of “Supporting in Building Affection Houses” (Nov 05,2009)
• Women’s festival day for community (Oct 26,2009)