The Vietnam Women’s Union and the Border Guard High Command launched a programme to improve the life of women in border and island areas in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son on March 7 in response to International Women’s Day (March 8).
Lang Son (VNA) – The VietnamWomen’s Union and the Border Guard High Command launched a programme to improvethe life of women in border and island areas in the northern mountainousprovince of Lang Son on March 7 in response to International Women’s Day (March8).
Addressing the event, Vice President Dang ThiNgoc Thinh said the programme has significant meaning, which aims to bring the betterlife for women in the areas, contributing to the implementation of thesustainable development goals with no one being left behind.
She called on departments and localities tocontinuously join hands to carry out the programme to improve the quality oflife for poor women, especially those living in border areas.
President of the Vietnam Women’s Union NguyenThi Thu Ha stressed the crucial strategic position of said border areas, andsaid there are 435 land border communes nationwide, including 267 disadvantagesones.
The Party, National Assembly and Government haveput forth specific policies for border areas; however, the proportion of poorhouseholds in the region remains high, she noted.
Therefore, the programme in 2018-2020 period isconsidered an important activity to support underprivileged women across 90border and island communes to escape from poverty, develop production, andbuild new rural areas, she added.
On the occasion, Vice President Dang Thi NgocThinh planted a commemorative tree at Dinh Lap town and presented 220 scholarshipsworth 286 million VND (12,584 USD) of Vietnam Children’s Fund to needy studentsin northern border communes.
The Vietnam Women’s Union and the Vietnam RedCross Society coordinated with the national humanitarian information portal tolaunch an SMS campaign from March 7 to May 6, 2018 to support livelihoods ofpoor women in border areas by texting “BC” to 1409. Each message is worth20,000 VND.
The Border Guard High Command granted 684million VND (30,096 USD) to assist women living under the poverty line in fourcommunes in Lang Son province. Meanwhile, the Vietnam Women’s Union presentedgifts worth nearly 800 million VND (32,000 USD) to poor women in Bac Xacommune.-VNA
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