Transforming into an income generation entity, in 2006, TYM Fund of the Vietnam Women’s Union has got full legal capacity to access to domestic and foreign financial resources

The Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City on Oct. 20 launched a writing competition for Vietnamese women in and outside the country.

Over the past years, the Vietnam Women Union (VWU) has devised many practical programmes of action to realise the Party resolution and the national target programme on hunger and poverty reduction. Women organisations across the country have been encouraged to actively engage in social programmes to help women escape poverty.

Vietnamese Vice President Truong My Hoa spoke highly of the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital on Thursday and said its staff of visiting medical specialists had made a great contribution to Viet Nam’s efforts to eliminate avoidable blindness and restore sight.

With the support of the Finland Embassy, the Soc Trang provincial Women’s Union together with the Provincial Vocational Training School and the Kim Chi embroidery Export Co-operative (An Giang) opened an embroidery and a housework training classes for 70 poor women in Cu Lao Dung district and Soc Trang town.

Implementing the 2006 Action Program, in the first 6 month 2006, Tuyen Quang Provincial Women’s Union concentrated on disseminating the Party Congress’ Resolutions at all levels, government’s policies and laws as well as regulations and policies relating to women and children.

In 23 – 24, September 2006, in Hanoi, VWU, Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam Youth Union and UNICEF, joinly organized Seminar titled “Contribution to the Draft Law of Gender Equality”

Thuan Chau district Women’s Union has paid a great attention on training of the core staff at the grassroots level as a force to motivate the developmental movement.

In early 2005, Lang Son Women’s Union directed Women’s Union at grassroots levels to conduct the Women’s Congress (term 2006 – 2011).

A forum, entitled "Children with Wonderful Childhood," was held on Oct. 7 in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to increase public awareness about child care.