Vietnam's leading fashion designer Minh Hanh has been honoured by the French Ministry of Culture and Information for her contributions to boosting France-Vietnam cooperation in the area of fashion.

In five particularly poor and difficult communes in Muong Cha district of Dien Bien mountainous province, the education and training sector has opened training courses on the bilingual education model for the commune’s cardres, pupils’ mothers and teachers.

Twenty three years of age, with a very good knowledge of Vietnamese and love “Tuong” – Vietnamese Classical Opera, and “Cheo” – Popular Opera, Australian Eleanor Clapham has surprised so many in Vietnam.

In the morning of June 19th, the workshop of discussion on steering measures and implementation of the project “Community based Communication on Prevention of and Combating against Trafficking in Women and Children” was organized at the Head office of Vietnam Women’s Union

Responding to the World Drug Prevention Day, June 26, the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) organized a seminar on women and the role of the family in drug prevention at Van Ho Exhibition Center on June 26.

Directed towards the Day of Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers, 27 July, the Women’s Union in Le Thanh Commune, My Duc District Ha Tay province recently came together with Bao Minh Ha Tay Company to begin construction of a house of gratitude for Mrs. Pham Thi La, a poor member of the Women’s Union.

The closing and prize awarding ceremony for the contest “Following the Age of 20’s Tradition – to lead a fair and meaningful/useful life” was held in Hanoi on May 30, 2006.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Welfare has submitted to the Government a project proposal entitled “Accept and support women and children who are returned – trafficked victims” with a budget of 77 billion VND.

In most of software companies, the number of women in charge of Quality Control Engineer _QCE or testing software is often higher than men.

A young woman by the name of Bui Thi Thuong was persecuted and beat ruthlessly by her employer Trinh Tien Hai – owner of Thanh Loan Wild Beast Restaurant, Luong Son District, Hoa Binh province The Women’s Union and community was extremely angry with this bestial action