The UN Women Việt Nam, in co-ordination with the Việt Nam Women’s Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. — Photo suckhoedoisong.vnHÀ NỘI — The UN Women Việt Nam, in co-ordination with the Việt Nam Women’s Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. UN Women Vietnam said on Saturday that the goods, including soap and hygiene products for women, were funded by aid worth US$300,000 from the Government of the Republic of Korea. The packages are hoped to help prevent the spread of diarrhoea, hand-foot-mouth disease and dengue fever. The aid delivery in Kon Tum is part of the plan to provide 20,500 such packages for disadvantaged women in the five provinces of Cà Mau, Kiên Giang, Bình Thuận, Kon Tum, and Gia Lai.

Source: Viet Nam News September 12, 2016 03:56 UTC