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“More Loving life, people and ourselves!”: HIV-Positive group learns photography skills
40 people took part in two training courses in photography held jointly by AIDS and Community Magazine and ActionAid Vietnam -
Women’s Unions at grassroots level play essential roles in protecting divorced women’s interests
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Quyt, 39, of Phuoc Trung Ward, Long Dien District, Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, recently posted a letter to the Women of Vietnam Newspaper in request for support -
Vietnam Women’s Union and its pilgrimate to Tuyen Quang province
Towards the 60th commemoration of the August Revolution and the National Day of 2nd September, the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Police’s Foundation and 75th commemoration of VWU Foundation, from 11 to 12 August, Presidium of Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) organized a pilgrimate to historical places in Tuyen Quang province where Central VWU located during the Resistance War against the French (1950-1954). -
Women join fight against HIV/AIDS with successful peer group
Seven young women, who have formed a dong dang, or peer group, to both prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and help those already infected in Thanh Hoa Province on the central coast, are linked by a common fate. -
More than us$ 55,000 for HIV/AIDS prevention in youth
In 2005, the Family Planning Association of the Republic of Korea continued its support of youth HIV/aids prevention in Vietnam through a donation of US$ 55,000 (together with US$ 20,000 in 2004). -
Milestones VWU's patriotic emulation movement (2001 to 2005)
More than 344,000 poor female-headed households benefited from VWU’s assistance in hunger eradication, poverty alleviation and economic development. -
Movements to alleviate poverty and promote advancement
A two day meeting in Hanoi on May 17th and 18th promoted the patriotic movement of contributing to industrialisation and modernisation was attended by almost 300 women. -
Prevention of HIV/AIDS at work
That is a topic of the seminar co-organized by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalid and Social Affairs (MOLISA), Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Vietnam Trade Union and the American Educational Development (AED) in HaLong city, Quang Ninh province for 2 days from 20-21 July 2005. -
A fine tradition of Vietnamese women
The “long haired army” embodies the struggle of women in the southern part of Vietnam during the resistance to the America war. -
Traditional beauty of Vietnamese women
Do the women of today need “Cong, Dung, Ngon, Hanh” (“Harworking, Beautiful, Well-spoken and Well-behaved”)? -
The Central Vietnam Women’s Union approved 6 scientific thematical studies
On the 6th of April 2004, the Scientific Council of the Central Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), chaired by Madam Ha Thi Khiet, President of the Vietnam Women’s Union, Chairwomen of Scientific Council of the Central Vietnam Women’s Union, organized a meeting to approve the 6 scientific thematical studies relating to the VWU activities. -
Workshop “To promote the involvement of communities in the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy in Vietnam”
The workshop was conducted for 2 days, on 17 and 18 June 2005 in Hanoi by the Central Vietnam Women’s Union in collaboration with APCASO, POLICY/USAID and UNAIDS. -
Speech by Madam Nguyen Thi Binh, Former Vice president of Vietnam, President of Kovalevskaia Prize in Vietnam
At anniversary of 20th years Kovalevskaia Prize in Vietnam. Hanoi, 12 April 2005 -
Initial achievements in gender mainstreaming in policy formulation
In Vietnam, nowadays gender awareness is still influenced by Confucianism. The patriarchal social relations between men and women result in dependant and secondary position of women in the family. -
Presenting the KOVA awards 2003
The KOVA awards committee just held an awards ceremony on 7th August 2004, at which 2 outstanding groups and 23 individuals received recognition. -
Making contribution to realizing national objective of employment creation
Facing the situation that employment has become a critical, not merely economic, but also social, political issue of the country, on 11 April, 1992, the Council of Ministers, now called Government issued Resolution N0 120/HDBT on employment stating that “employment creation is the responsibility of the State, different sectors, social organizations and each laborer”.