“For Women’s Future” club in Xuan Khanh ward (Ninh Kieu district, Can Tho city), was established to help women who have made a mistake reintegrate into the community, to take part in social evil prevention and rejection trespassed into women’s life. Over the last 3 years, the club has contributed to limiting social evil effectively within the local province

After a probation period, a very young woman, Nguyen Ngoc Ha, voluntarily stayed in the Friendship village in Van Canh, Hoai Duc, Ha Tay province to take care of unlucky disabled children. With love and the sense of responsibility, she has overcome daily difficulties and considers them as relatives

On June, 2nd 2006, in a meeting session, presided over by Deputy Chairman of National Assembly Nguyen Phuc Thanh, members of National Assembly debated the draft of Gender Equality Law.

Through the Vietnam Television’s news program on the channel VTV 4, the overseas compatriots have followed news and images about the damage to the Middle region caused by storm no.1 (Chanchu storm).

The United Nations announced on June 8 it has chosen Ambassador Haya Rashed al-Khalifa, from Bahrain, as president of the 61st session, beginning in September.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Vice State President Truong My Hoa, is attending the 16th Global Summit of Women, which opened in Cairo, Egypt, on June 10.

With the agreement of the Prime Minister, on May 12th, 2006, the National Committee for the Advancement of Vietnamese Women and the Ministry of Investment and Planning co-organized a National Workshop on the Assessment of the Implementation of mid-term goals of the National Strategy for the Advancement of Women to 2010 and the orientation in the next term.

Disabled women in HCM City are to benefit from a Swedish-funded project launched this week worth VND199.8 million (US$12,490) to help them better integrate into society.

Due to a training needs survey/assessment of females in 17 communes of 8 districts and towns in 2005, the Vocational training center of Bac Kan Women’s Union has intensified its vocational training activities.

The first training in 2006 for the new recruits of brigade No.146 in charge of Truong Sa (Spratly Islands) ended on May 15, 2006 with eighty one of them volunteering to serve in Spratly Islands after the training course.