The forum connecting and exchanging female entrepreneurs from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia with the theme “Women entrepreneurs and green economy ” organized by the Vietnam Women’s Union in collaboration with the Lao Women’s Union, the Cambodian Women’s Union for Peace and Development and the Vietnam Businesswomen Association on July 5 in Hanoi was a great success.
Clip: Overview of the Forum connecting and exchanging female entrepreneurs from 3 countries: Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
The forum attracted the attention of nearly 150 delegates from the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, United Nations agencies, and international organizations in Vietnam. The large participation of delegates with diverse backgrounds, along with enthusiastic discussions and opinions, showed that “Women Entrepreneurs and Green Economy” is an important topic, timely and suitable for the needs of women in general, and female entrepreneurs of the three countries in particular.
Attending and speaking at the Forum, Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam , Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization, assessed: "The Forum "Women Entrepreneurs and Green Economy" is an initiative of the Women's Association of the three countries, very suitable for the green and sustainable development trend of many countries in the world , including the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hoai (left cover), Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Mass Mobilization Commission, attended the Forum.
There are many actors involved in green economic development, of which enterprises are one of the most important. Along with the joint efforts of the business community, female entrepreneurs are an inseparable force in the green growth strategy, contributing to the creation of a sustainable growth ecosystem. Therefore, promoting the inherent value of female business leaders, promoting a community of female entrepreneurs determined to create green products and services with outstanding value and responsibility to the environment is extremely important in the current context. Reality shows that women-owned businesses are an important force in the process of implementing sustainable development goals in Vietnam and I believe that the same is true in Laos and Cambodia."
Speaking at the Forum, Party Central Committee member and President of the Vietnam Women's Union Ha Thi Nga affirmed: "The business community, including women's businesses, is an important force in the process of implementing sustainable development goals, an inseparable part of the country's Green Growth Strategy. Agencies and organizations, especially organizations representing entrepreneurs and female entrepreneurs, including the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs as a member organization of the Vietnam Women's Union, have also had many activities and initiatives to promote the role of entrepreneurs and female entrepreneurs in the green economy.
At today’s Forum, we continue to affirm the positive role of the Women’s Unions of the three countries and the women entrepreneurs’ communities in the process of developing a green economy at the national, regional and global levels. I also hope that within the framework of this Forum, we will share difficulties and challenges as well as exchange and discuss initiatives and good experiences, suggesting new connections and cooperation to promote the role of women entrepreneurs of the three countries in developing a green economy.”
Ms. Ha Thi Nga, Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women's Union (fifth from right); Ms. Ha Thi Thu Thanh, Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE) (third from right) and delegates attending the Forum
Speaking at the forum on Green Economy - Opportunities and Challenges for Women Entrepreneurs, Ms. Ha Thi Thu Thanh, Vice President of the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE), President of the Vietnam Institute of Directors (VIOD), shared about the relationship between gender and climate change. Accordingly, women and their communities can be the factors that help accelerate the fastest, or the factors that cause the biggest obstacles - in the effort to combat global climate change. Reducing carbon emissions and adapting to climate change are goals that cannot be achieved without the participation of women. As an organization representing Vietnamese women entrepreneurs, the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs has joined the Network of Pioneering Women Leaders on Climate Change in Vietnam and integrated and increased resources to support women entrepreneurs to increase their ability to respond to climate change in production, business and sustainable development.
At the Forum, Ms. Aly Vongnobountham, Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Lao Women's Union, shared about the content: Lao Women Entrepreneurs and Green Economy and Ms. Kyong Sorita, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Women of Cambodia, shared about Women Entrepreneurs, Digital Economy and Green Economy in Cambodia.
Within the framework of the program, delegates watched a report on the development journey and ESG practices (a set of standards on environment, society and corporate governance of the Vietnam Association of Women Entrepreneurs (VAWE) prepared by VAWE.
The presentations and reports showed many perspectives on the economic development of women and female entrepreneurs in the three countries, with the difficulties and challenges they are facing as well as the potentials and opportunities that female entrepreneurs have, are and will continue to promote in the green and sustainable development trend and the strong digital transformation context of the 4.0 industrial revolution.
Delegates participated in the discussion with the topic "Promoting the role of female entrepreneurs in the three countries of Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia for green and sustainable economic development"
During the Dialogue session with the theme of Promoting the role of female entrepreneurs in Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia for green and sustainable economic development , the guests listened to the opinions of guest experts from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the European Union Delegation and typical female entrepreneurs of the three countries. The information shared by the guests will be important suggestions for policy advocacy as well as implementing specific interventions to promote the role and potential of female entrepreneurs as well as the Women's Union of the three countries in green economic development, in order to promote the interest and coordination of relevant parties, towards the goal of effectively implementing commitments on women, gender equality and sustainable development.
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