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Mar 03, 2016 / 18:35

Various activities to celebrate International Women’s Day

The Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee will organise numerous activities in March to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), the 1976th anniversary of the Trung sisters’ uprising and 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize.

About 40 best paintings selected from the contest on gender equality will be put on show at the Vietnam Women’s Museum from March 1-15.
Particularly, this month will feature an array of book-related events in Hanoi and HCM City.

 
At the awarding of the Kovalevskaya Prize 2014.
At the awarding of the Kovalevskaya Prize 2014.
The Vietnam Women’s Union Central Committee will hold a ceremony on March 6 to mark 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize for female scientists. The Kovalevskaya Prize 2015 will be awarded to outstanding female intellectuals for their contributions to the country’s scientific and technological development, women’s campaigns and gender equality.
On March 7, the Vietnam Women’s Museum will organise an exhibition on women that will last throughout the month in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Thua Thien-Hue.
Besides, a seminar on sexual assaults against women co-organised by the Israeli Embassy and the Vietnam Women’s Union will be held at the Hanoi-based French Cultural Centre - L’espace on March 10.