(VOVworld)- A range of activities will be held this month to mark International Women’s Day (March 8), the 1976th anniversary of the Trung sisters’ uprising and 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize.

Kovalevskaya award ceremony 2014 (Source: hoilhpn.org.vn)

An event is scheduled for March 6 to mark 30 years of the Kovalevskaya Prize for female scientists. On the occasion, the prize for 2015 will be awarded to outstanding female intellectuals for their contributions to the country’s scientific and technological development, women’s campaigns and gender equality. On March 7, the Vietnam Women’s Museum (VWM) will organise an exhibition on women in the central provinces of Quang Binh and Thua Thien-Hue who have lost their houses and assets after floods. The event will last throughout the month. Particularly, this month will feature a string of book-related events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.