Elisa Fernandez Saenz, Country Representative of UN Women in Vietnam (Photo: UN Women Vietnam)
Hanoi (VNA) - A
national forum on “Engaging Men and Boys in the Promotion
of Gender Equality and the Elimination of Gender-based Violence” was held for
the first time in Hanoi with 200 delegates participating both online and in
person.
The forum was jointly held by UN Women in
Vietnam, the Institute for Social Development Studies (ISDS), and the Network
for the Prevention of and Response to Gender Violence (GBVNet), with financial
support from the Australian Government.
It offered an opportunity for organisations,
groups, and men’s clubs in Vietnam to introduce and share lessons, experiences,
Local residents come to the
charity house in Nghe An (Photo: truyenhinhnghean.vn)
Nghe
An (VNS/VNA) - Mong Van Thanh, a seventh-grader of Bac Ly
semi-boarding school for ethnic minorities, browses second-hand books and
warm clothes at the charity house in Huoi Trang 1 Village, Bac Ly Commune, the
Thanh
said he arrived at the charity house in the early morning. He said he did
not have enough books to study, so he hoped he could find some that he
needed and more warm clothes to wear during the cold days.
Hundreds
of other people from the two communes of Bac Ly and My Ly also came to the
Tran Quoc Hoan and Cong Hoa roads
to begin in December.
Costing more than 4.84 trillion VND (211.2 million USD), the
project is slated to complete in July 2023, in conjunction with the completion
of the Tan Son Nhat international airport’s Terminal 3
The project, approved in December 2019, includes the
building of a six-lane 4km road, an intersection tunnel, and a 1,200m overpass
in front of the Terminal 3.
Apart from the project, the city also conducting procedures
to implement the expansion of Hoang Hoa Tham road and upgrading of Cong Hoa
road around the Tan Son Nhat airport. The construction of both projects was initially