Hanoi (VNA) – A wide range ofactivities will be held in celebration of the International Women’s Day (March8), Vice President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Tuyet said ata press conference in Hanoi on March 2.
One of the highlight events will be the annualKovalevskaya award ceremony in Hanoi on March 6 to honour outstanding women inscientific research development.
The VWU will coordinate with the Border GuardHigh Command to launch a programme to support disadvantaged women living in 90border and island communes across the country with effective production andpoverty reduction.
Other activities will be held on this occasioninclude the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Vietnam Women Newspaper(March 8, 1948) and a female start-up day.
The Vietnam Women Museum is hosting a photoexhibition themed “Mother and Nature”.
International Women's Day (IWD) has beenobserved since the early 1900s - a time of great expansion and turbulence inthe industrialised world that saw booming population growth and the rise ofradical ideologies.
This global day aims to celebrate the social,economic, cultural and political achievements of women and marks a call toaction for accelerating gender parity.
This year’s theme is “Time is Now: Rural andurban activists transforming women’s lives”.-VNA
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