At the talkshow (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vice President Dang ThiNgoc Thinh attended a business woman talkshow in Hanoi on May 2 as part of theVietnam Private Sector Economic Forum.
She said women make up about 48 percent of thelabour force in Vietnam. In the business sector, around 25 percent of women arechief executive officers (CEOs) or members of the board of directors.
Vietnam is integrating extensively andintensively into the regional and global economy with its participation innew-generation free trade agreements (FTAs), she said.
Businesses in general and female-owned ones in particularare facing various challenges, especially fiercer competition, she added.
In that context, the women-owned enterprisesneed to implement effectively the Party and State’s policies on socio-economicdevelopment and international integration, the leader said.
She suggested applying advancedscience-technology to increase labour productivity and create more international-standardproducts and services, while seeking to involve more deeply in the global valuechain.
The Vice President affirmed that the Party andState always prioritise ensuring gender equality, enabling women to dobusiness, and encouraging them to join socio-political organisations.
At the talkshows, participants discussedchallenges and difficulties that women encounter in the economy and proposedmeasures to raise their role and position in the business community.-VNA
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