Vietnam Women's Union inspects and supervises the implementation of Project 8 in Lam Dong province

On the afternoon of September 5, the working delegation of the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) inspected and supervised the implementation of Project 8 "Implementing gender equality and resolving urgent issues for women and children" in Lam Dong province.

President of Vietnam Women's Union Nguyen Thi Tuyen delivered a concluding speech at the working session.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Tuyen, member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women's Union and Comrade Pham Thi Phuc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Lam Dong province chaired the conference.

Comrade Dinh Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee attended the working session.

According to the report at the working session, after merging from 3 provinces of Lam Dong, Dak Nong, Binh Thuan , Lam Dong province now has 236 extremely difficult villages in ethnic minority areas in 52 communes.

Members of the working delegation of the Vietnam Women's Union attended the working session.

During the 2021-2025 period, the Provincial Women's Union has implemented Project 8 with many important results. The provinces have established Executive Boards, issued annual plans; coordinated with relevant departments and branches; organized supervision and inspection, ensuring that capital is managed and disbursed in accordance with regulations (reaching from 76% to over 91%).

Leaders of Don Duong commune, a locality with 2 villages benefiting from Project 8, attended the working session.

The project has established 248 community communication teams, 49 trusted addresses, 31 “Leaders of Change” clubs; 5 livelihood support models, cooperatives, cooperatives owned by women, co-owned by women applying 4.0 technology. Organized 64 policy dialogues and dozens of gender mainstreaming training courses for more than 2,900 officials, including 432 ethnic minority female officials who were trained in leadership skills. The activities have contributed to changing awareness, enhancing economic power, and creating a safe environment for women and children.

Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union of Lam Dong province, H'Vi Eban, reported on the activities of the Union and women's movement in the first 8 months of 2025; directions and tasks for the last 4 months of 2025.

However, the implementation of Project 8 still faces some difficulties such as slow funding allocation and not reaching the commune level; lack of resources to maintain the models; some communes are out of the list of particularly difficult so the beneficiaries are narrowed; the capacity of grassroots Union staff is not uniform...

Vice President of Lam Dong Provincial Women's Union Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao reported on the implementation results of Project 8, phase 2021-2025

At the conference, delegates also heard a summary report on the activities of the Women's Union and the Women's Movement in Lam Dong province in the first 8 months of 2025, directions and tasks for the last 4 months of 2025; difficulties and obstacles in implementing the 2-level government model; as well as preparations for organizing the Women's Congress at all levels.

Speaking at the working session, Vice Chairman of Lam Dong Provincial People's Committee Dinh Van Tuan requested the Provincial Women's Union to promptly report difficulties and problems in the implementation of Project 8 so that the Provincial People's Committee can promptly support and resolve them.

The delegates exchanged and discussed to clarify the results achieved; pointed out some difficulties and obstacles in the implementation of Project 8. At the same time, the Vietnam Women's Union proposed a number of contents such as: Recommending the Ministry of Finance to supplement instructions on spending for dialogue and discussion activities, supporting accommodation and travel for unpaid delegates. Regarding livelihoods, it is necessary to allow the establishment of new models in Project 8 areas, supplement support for facilities, plant and animal varieties, clearly specify the level of counterpart for effective implementation; open a flexible mechanism for localities to implement appropriately and for the right subjects.

Chairman of Don Duong Commune People's Committee reported on the results achieved by the locality when benefiting from Project 8.

In addition, it is proposed to add subjects to implement the "Piloting and replicating the model of supporting livelihood development and community integration for victims of human trafficking", including "victims of human trafficking, victims of domestic violence; women who migrate for unsafe labor; women from poor households, women with disabilities";...

Representative of the Department of Ethnic Minorities and Religions spoke at the meeting

Concluding the meeting, President of the Vietnam Women's Union Nguyen Thi Tuyen acknowledged and highly appreciated the results in implementing Project 8, as well as in implementing the Union's activities and women's movements in Lam Dong province in recent times.

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Lam Dong province Pham Thi Phuc spoke at the working session

He also expressed his hope that women's unions at all levels would continue to pay attention to overcoming the limitations pointed out in the implementation of Project 8 to implement it more effectively in the coming time. Particularly focusing on improving the quality of the population, increasing the rate of women's union membership, as well as preparing well for the Women's Congresses at all levels...

Working delegation of Vietnam Women's Union inspected and supervised the implementation of Project 8 in Lam Dong province

Regarding the proposals and recommendations at the working session, the working delegation received and synthesized them to serve as a basis for developing solutions for Project 8 development in the coming time.

The delegation visited the Dalat Home Garden Cooperative owned by women in Xuan Truong Ward - Da Lat

Previously, on the morning of September 5, the working delegation of the Vietnam Women's Union also visited the Dalat Home Garden Cooperative in Xuan Truong Ward - Da Lat, a typical model of a cooperative owned by women.

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