Establishing and operating “One Stop Support Office” (OSSO) to support sustainable reintegration of repatriating women and their families is an important goal of the Project “Strengthening Vietnamese Capacity for Sustainable Reintegration of Returning Migrants Women and their Households in Vietnam” implemented by the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) with the sponsorship of Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Vietnam.

A new project targeting the elimination of violence against women and children in Vietnam was launched on June 17, in response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A policy advocacy workshop aiming to support returned migrant women and their households took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 18.

Gender equality should be included in the National Target Programme on New Rural Development as well as new-style rural area building criteria, by mainstreaming gender issues during the implementation of the programme in the years to come, a workshop in Hanoi on June 11 heard.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with NA female deputies in Hanoi on June 10.

From 2021, an official roadmap to adjust the retirement age shall be applied according to the Clause 5, Article 169 of the Labor Code. In order to provide its social feedback, on the morning of May 14, 2020, the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a workshop to consult professional experts and managers on the draft Decree on retirement age and pension entitlements.

From the beginning of the year, due to the COVID-19 epidemic and unstable weather, the diseases on cattle and poultry have affected production and daily life, making it difficult for many members and women.

A shelter was built in 2014 in Quang Tri province to support women and children survivors of domestic violence. Over the past few years, the shelter has assisted many unfortunate women, helping to reduce domestic violence and bring happiness to many families.

Responding to the call of the Ministry of Health and UNICEF Vietnam in the “Kindness is Contagious” campaign, Vietnam Women’s Publishing House with TYM MFI has launched a fundraising campaign to support women severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic – including TYM members. The fund is raised by selling the book “I’M HOME,” a diary of isolation during Covid-19 pandemic.

Female scientists who have successfully isolated the new strain of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, making Vietnam one of the first four countries to successfully isolate this virus, have received the Kovalevskaya Award 2019.