"... From the beginning of the first century A.D., when the two Trung Sisters rose up to fight the enemy and save the nation, until now, whenever our country has faced danger, our women have contributed whatever they could toward the cause of national liberation. Our people are grateful that our mothers from South and North alike have borne and raised our nation's generation of heroes.... Under the Socialist system, tens of thousands of women have become specialists in different fields and, as cadre, serve as directors and vice-directors of factories, leaders of farming cooperatives, presidents of People’s Committees, and general secretaries of Party Cells.... And so, the women of Vietnam from ancient times until now, from South to North, from young to old, are truly heroes ..." (Excerpted from President Ho Chi Minh's speech on the 36th Anniversary of Vietnam Women's Union 20 October 1966) |
On April 10th 2013, the Vietnam Womens’ Union (VWU) in collaboration with the World Bank in Vietnam organized the Get-together with the theme on “Partnership for women’s development” which is aimed to strengthen the existing partnership and open up new cooperation between the VWU and international partners for the goal of women’s development, particularly within the upcoming VWU’s activities, including the Vietnam Women’s Innovation Day (VWID) 2013.
At the Invitation of the Korea Women Inventors Association, VWU’s delegation headed by Ms. Bui Thi Hoa, VWU Vice President attended the 6th Korea International Women’s Invention Exposition(KIWIE) in COEX, Seoul, Korea from April 30th to May 5th.
On 21st March 2013, to implement the MOU signed on 1st November 2010 by the Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion & Education (KIGEPE) and the Central Women Cadres Training School (now known as Vietnam Women’s Academy - VWA), KIGEPE and the VWA hosted the Conference, “Research and Education for Gender Equality Enhancement”. 
