More than 344,000 poor female-headed households benefited from VWU’s assistance in hunger eradication, poverty alleviation and economic development.

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.

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.

The “long haired army” embodies the struggle of women in the southern part of Vietnam during the resistance to the America war.

Do the women of today need “Cong, Dung, Ngon, Hanh” (“Harworking, Beautiful, Well-spoken and Well-behaved”)?