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Women’s startups supporting initiative launched in HCM City

An initiative designed to support and connect women’s startup businesses in Vietnam and Mekong countries was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8.
Women’s startups supporting initiative launched in HCM City ảnh 1Members of WISE share their startup experience (photo: baomoi.biz)
HCMCity (VNA) – An initiative designed to support and connect women’s  startup businesses in Vietnam and Mekongcountries was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on March 8.

The initiative is expectedto improve awareness of challenges facing women-owned startup companies and putforth specific measures and action plans to help them do business moreeffectively.

Huynh Kim Tuoc,Executive Director of the Saigon Innovation Hub, said the initiative willconnect members through meetings, conferences and incubation programmes, whilepartnering with similar networks and organisations to support women in doing business.

With funding providedby the Australian Government and the Asia Development Bank (ADB), a number of female owners of startup companiesand investors will be sent to Switzerland for training in 2017.-VNA 
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