Various activities to celebrate International Women’s Day
A wide range of activities will be held in celebration of the 144th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8, 1910 – 2024), according to the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU).
Hanoi (VNA) - A wide rangeof activities will be held in celebration of the 144th anniversary of InternationalWomen’s Day (March 8, 1910 – 2024), according to the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU).
The union will launchan 'ao dai' (traditional long dress) week 2024, and organise an art performanceprogramme on February 29 evening, aiming to promoting the value of the dress inlife, culture, and society, thus evoking love, pride, and responsibility forpreserving and promoting the heritage value of the costume and Vietnameseculture to international friends.
The programme will feature collections of ao dai from over 50 designersnationwide, representing nearly 8,500 students who participated in a programmeto design and tailor ao dai organised by the VWU in collaboration with designer DoTrinh Hoai Nam - representative of SVF Academy, in 2023.
An exhibition themed "Women with Dien Bien" will be alsoorganised in Dien Bien Phu city of the northern province of Dien Bien from March4, showing gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh, General Vo Nguyen Giap, and Vietnamesewomen who contributed to the heroic victory in Dien Bien.
On the occasion, the VWU planned to present nearly500 gift packages and cash to martyrs' mothers, policy families, anddisadvantaged women in five communes with a total value of 360 million VND(over 14,600 USD); and 50 gift packages worth 50 million VND to wivesof Dien Bien martyrs and former Dien Bien soldiers. It will give gifts to soldiers and adoptedchildren at Tay Trang international border gate, Pa Thom border station, and thesocial protection centre of Dien Bien province.
A workshop and a festival of creative models/activitiespromoting good cultural practices of ethnic minorities to promote genderequality will take place on March 5 - 6, 2024 in Dien Bien Phu city.
Many other exhibitions will be held at the Vietnam Women's Museum in Hanoi and Vinh city in the central province of NgheAn./.
The Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) has upheld its pioneering role in working for women's happiness, the union's President Ha Thi Nga affirmed during an interview with Vietnam News Agency ahead of the 13th National Women Congress for the 2022 – 2027 period to be held in Hanoi on March 9-11.
A project titled "Reach to Excel: Promoting Financial Inclusion for Ethnic Minority Women" has supported the development of more than 500 self-managed village credit savings groups (VSLA) with more than 11,000 women participating in savings and small-scale lending.
President of the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) Ha Thi Nga met with outstanding female overseas Vietnamese in Vientiane on April 3 as part of her working visit to Laos.
The Vietnamese team will gather on June 26 in Ba Ria-Vung Tau, where they will train until July 14 before departing for Indonesia for the ASEAN U23 Championship 2025, which runs from July 15 to 29. Vietnam will face Laos on July 19 and Cambodia on July 22 in the group stage.
The exhibition showcases more than 100 valuable documents and artifacts, divided into two main parts: “Journalist Nguyen Ai Quoc – Ho Chi Minh” and “President Ho Chi Minh – Founder and Mentor of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press.” This is an opportunity to recall the late leader’s journalism journey and affirm his exceptional role in founding and guiding the revolutionary press in Vietnam.
For the first time, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has granted Vietnam hosting rights for the two championships, including the Asian women’s solo category, which debuts this year as an officially recognised event.
Eight teams will join the tournament, divided into two groups. Group A features Vietnam, the Philippines, Sichuan Club (China), and Australia, while Group B consists of Vietnam U21, Korabelka Club (Russia), Taiwan (China), and U21 Thailand.
Despite strong home support and high expectations, Vietnam were unable to overcome the defending champions, who secured their third consecutive win over Vietnam in a regional final, following previous victories in 2014 and 2023.
The event, part of Vietnam’s cultural diplomacy strategy through 2030, was jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela and USM’s Faculty of International Relations. It attracted thousands of students from universities across Venezuela.
For the first time, Vietnamese audiences will have the opportunity to experience the ballet masterpiece "Don Quixote" in its original version by renowned choreographer Marius Petipa.
The contest carried deep meaning as it was the first time the life of Vietnamese women abroad had been highlighted as the central theme, said poet and writer Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers’ Association.
The event formed part of Vietnam’s ongoing campaign to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the complex at the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, scheduled to take place in Paris in July.
Creative cultural festivals are fast emerging as a new catalyst for tourism development in Vietnam, as localities increasingly invest in these vibrant events on a more systematic and larger scale.
This marks the first time Vietnam has hosted a continental-level Muay event which will feature competitions across 28 weight categories in combat and eight performance categories.
Coming to the Vietnamese booth, visitors had the chance to take part in a bamboo dance, a workshop on painting woven bamboo or rattan, or quizzes about Vietnam.
These are impressive achievements, not only showing the efforts and prowess of Vietnamese paddlers but also serving as proof of the sports sector’s strategic and systematic investment.
The cultural event in Canberra not only fostered cultural exchanges between Vietnam and Australia but also contributed to promoting Vietnam’s image internationally
The U23 competition will run from June 16 to 22, followed by the U17 event from June 23 to 28, while athletes competing in the U23 category will undergo weight and skill checks ahead of the matches starting June 18, while similar checks for U17 athletes will take place before June 23.
Vietnam continues to sit just behind continental powerhouses Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, China, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) 
