On 19 June 2006, Ms. Truong Thi Anh, President of Ho Chi Minh City Women’s Union, led the charity mission that also included the Women’s Cultural House and Women’s Newspaper. This mission involved meeting and giving capital to 32 households located in districts such as Thanh Khe, Son Tra, Lien Chieu, Hai Chau and Hoa Vang (Da Nang city).

To echo actively “2006 Action’s Month for Children”, Central VWU had guidelines written No 08/HD-ĐCT to enhance propaganda activities joining education, protection and taking care of children work with VWU’s movement.

A three-day conference on human trafficking of the Southeast Asian grouping ASEAN opened on July 3rd in Ho Chi Minh City, aimed at implementing a resolution of the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Organization.

In visiting the southern provinces on 7th June, 2006, Madame Ha Thi Khiet, member of Party Central Committee, VWU’s President, Chairwoman of National committee for the Advancement of Vietnamese women, visited Can Tho City Centre of receiving and assisting women and children in difficulties (AFESIP Centre).

Two Americans in Ho Chi Minh City were bestowed medals at a ceremony on Saturday recognizing them as citizens of honor for their contributions to the city’s public health prevention programs.

Viet Nam has exerted concerted efforts to promote gender equality, asserted the President of the Viet Nam Women's Union (VWU) at the East Asian Ministerial Conference on Gender Equality which was opened in Tokyo, Japan, on June 30.

Paintings which are made with photos on children are unique works by painter Nguyen Phep and photographer Le Thi Phuoc.

Vietnamese and Chinese police are likely to conduct a crack-down on women and children trafficking cases along the border in July and August.

Viet Nam Women’s Union will for the first time award the “Women Moving Vietnamese Hearts” title to ten Vietnamese shining females.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has granted VND 3 billion for a project to carry out the third Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS III) on children and women in Vietnam