On the occasion of Vietnam’s Family Day (June 28th), WUs at all levels of Hai Duong province had many activities to praise exemplary women and to encourage poor members and their families…

Women’s Union of Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province is the leading unit for many years in the women’s union activities movement. 19 per 19 communes of the Kim Bang district set up the “happy family” clubs with 380 couples participating in the 2 annual meetings on the occasions of Vietnamese Family’s Day June 28th and Vietnamese Women’s Day October 20th.

Following the mobilization “Affection” house building and repairing by Central WU, on June 19th, WU of Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province inaugurated and offered an “Affection house” to Ms. Duong Thi Thuc in Van Xa commune....

Khanh Nhi is the first Vietnamese teenager to be recruited by the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS), one of the world’s leading financial firms, and her biggest dream is to advance her career in Vietnam when the bank opens a branch in the homeland.

The Chu Ru ethnic minority group, also called Cho Ru and Chu, has a population of more than 10,000. Chu Ru ethnic minority people mainly live in Don Duong district in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, and the rest in the south-central province of Binh Thuan. The Chu Ru language belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian group.

In the first 6 months of 2009, Da Nang Women’s Union at all levels has concentrated on fostering the communication of crime prevention.

Up to June 10th, all 12 districts, cities and Women’s Police Units in Hai Duong Province successfully organized the competition “being a good local WU president” with the involvement of 265 of WU’s presidents from communes, districts, towns and Women’s Police Units.

Unemployment or lack of regular income, together with a poor cultural life, has put women migrating to Ha Noi from rural Viet Nam at risk to a variety of social evils, new research confirms.

Implementing the plan of prostitution prevention in 2009 and thanks to the Vietnam Women’s Union’s support, from 25 to 26 May 2009, Thai Binh Provincial Women’s Union organized a training on communication skills of prostitution prevention for 60 cadres from the Provincial Women’s Union, 8 districts, cities and other 40 focal points on social evil.

The project for “Strengthening the Central Women’s Cadres Training School towards establishing Women’s Institute of the Vietnam Women’s Union” organized ‘Training and experience sharing workshop on promoting women entreupreunership’ in Hai Phong from 26 – 28 May, 2009.