"Consistent to the commitment - Determined to prevent AIDS" - the title of the International HIV/AIDS Prevention Day of 2006 (Dec 12th, 2006) was widely advocated for by the staff of the Central Vietnam Women's Union at the meeting to celebrate the International HIV/AIDS Prevention Day co-organized by the Labour Union of the Central Vietnam Women's Union and the Women's AIDS and Reproductive Center on Nov 11th, 2006.

“[Congress] hopes to act [on dealing with Agent Orange consequences] this year,” Vietnam Television (VTV) quoted Tim Rieser, aide to Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, as saying at a press briefing held by the US Embassy in Hanoi Sunday.

Americans on Dec. 19 became honourable members of the Viet Nam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA).

It is not easy to know that eautiful girl comes from Japan. She is Matsugawa Norie, a volunteer of the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA), who is now working with the Red Cross chapter of Hoang Hoa district, Thanh Hoa province.

On December 5th, the National Committee for the Advancement of Women in Vietnam hosted the 17th Gender Consultants’ Network Meeting with the participation of nearly 50 officials, lecturers and experts on gender and secretaries of the Department for the Advancement of Women from Ministries/sectors...

Over 500 people attended the wedding Saturday of Nguyen Duc, one of the best known victims of Agent Orange, the defoliant sprayed by the US army in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ten students from four universities in Vietnam have received the Honda Yes Award, a prize for talented engineers and young scientists conferred by the Honda Foundation and Honda Vietnam Co.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee yesterday adopted the Ordinance on Grass Roots Democracy, which is aimed at further enhancing people’s democratic rights and participation in the process of state governance.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on December 11 issued a new report commending Vietnam’s efforts in eliminating gender discrimination.

A Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) proposal aims to have as many as 95% of handicapped children attending school by 2015.