Over 50,000 Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam get support to realize their growth potential and build financial resilience through the Ignite initiative

Hanoi, 29 October 2020 – CARE, Mastercard, VPBank, WISE, and Canal Circle today announced the Ignite initiative in Vietnam – a new partnership focused on promoting the empowerment of wome...

Female workers in informal sector with considerable economic impacts due to the pandemic get financial support

Hanoi, 12 June 2020 – More than 800 female house cleaners, who are working and partnering at JupViec.vn, a household service start-up connecting domestic workers and customers via mobile ...

Mastercard and CARE Partner to support 1,000 Women Entrepreneurs as Vietnam reopens economy and country

(Vietnam/Ho Chi Minh City – May 14, 2020) As businesses and communities in Vietnam emerge from the COVID-19 social distancing, Mastercard, along with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growt...

New COVID-19 global Rapid Gender Analysis addresses concerns of women and girls in pandemic

(New York, NY — April 1, 2020) Today, CARE and the International Rescue Committee published a Rapid Gender Assessment of the COVID-19 pandemic based on secondary data analysis undertaken ...

More efforts needed to bring law on access to information to life

Hanoi, 21 February 2020 – State agencies should be fully aware of and practise their important roles and responsibilities in providing transparent information when required by citizens, f...

Vietnam interested in the new convention on ending violence and sexual harassment in the world of work

Hanoi, 28 May 2019 - The three-party delegation of Vietnam will participate in the final round of negotiation on a new Convention of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva ...

Investing in Women film competition officially launched

Hanoi, 28 February 2019 – Women play an increasingly important role in the Vietnamese economy. Yet, barriers in awareness and policies remain, creating tremendous obstacles to women’s adv...

Community forest land protection and management: new opportunities for ethnic minorities in Vietnam

Hanoi, 28 December 2018 – Ethnic minority communities who mostly live on agricultural and forest land have been able to increase their income, raise their voice and promote their contribu...

Breaking the silence around gender based violence among ethnic minority communities in Dien Bien

Dien Bien, 10 September 2018 – Dien Bien province will, for the first time, have a project focusing on minimising gender-based violence among ethnic minority communities to promote gender...