During the event, the lady talked with former members of a programme that provides educational support to schoolgirls and those schoolgirls participating in the programme, and looked into life-skill classes for them. 

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama visits the Can Giuoc school in Long An province on December 9.

She also met representatives of non-profits organisations on educational support to girls in Vietnam, and discussed measures to help and develop capacity for juvenile girls through education for Can Giuoc schoolgirls.

Michelle held that they are studying and working hard to overcome the challenges not understandable to their peers in the US, expressing her hope that the programme will see more success stories from the participants so that they can have a voice in their families and the society.

The alliance is an initiative of the Obama Foundation aimed to help juvenile girls all over the world by creating chances for them to grasp and pursuit their dreams through education. In Vietnam, it is joining hands with the non-profit Room to Read in boosting gender equality through education.

Vietnamese women association in Tanzania supports orphans

A delegation of the Vietnamese Women Association in Tanzania on December 1 paid a visit and presented gifts to orphans in Bagamoyo city, 70 km from the country’s Dar es Salaam capital city.

First Global Women’s Leadership Summit 2019 held

The first Global Women’s Leadership Summit 2019 was held in Seoul on November 28 to honour women’s role in social and economic activities at present.

ICT helps promote gender equality, empowerment of women

International experts, scholars and organisations gathered at a workshop held by the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) on November 7 to discuss how to use Information Communications Technology (ICT) to promote gender equality and empowerment of women.

Motivation supports women to escape from poverty

(BGO) – To help poor women improve their life, TYM Fund which is a Humanitarian Microfinance Institution founded by the Vietnam Women’s Union has provided the preferential loan to support house construction and created motivation for the women in the northern province of Bac Giang to develop the economy, mange and use the capital effectively. 

Two Vietnamese among world's 100 most influential women

Founder of a vocational training center for disabled people, Van Thi Nguyen, and conservationist Trang Nguyen are in the BBC 100 women 2019 list.

Source: VNA