Vietnamese citizens of all ages are encouraged to participate in the contest, with photo focusing on the themes: rural women and technology, rural women and sustainable agriculture, rural woman with natural disasters and climate change, rural women in business and cooperatives, rural women in leadership and decision making, and gender equality between rural men and women. However, rural women and girls are among those who are most likely to suffer from poverty and lack access to production resources such as land, technology and financial, educational, healthcare and other social welfare services. Ma Quang Trung, Director of the Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development, said only 38 percent of Vietnam’s 12,000 cooperatives are working effectively. But, the report said, rural women often work at low-quality, unstable jobs with little access to social protection services. The dead victim was identified as the coach driver, Vũ Văn Huy, 34, from Hà Nam Province.

Source: VietNamNet News March 09, 2018 07:52 UTC