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| WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala at the event. |
50 delegates are Vietnamese female entrepreneurs attending the event.
At the meeting, Ms. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala introduced the WTO and its initiatives to increase women's economic empowerment and its programs and plans to coordinate with Vietnam in promoting and supporting women businesses to participate in international trade.
Speaking at the event, Mr. Vu Ba Phu, Director of the Trade Promotion Agency, said that, as the focal agency of Vietnam in managing, implementing and coordinating activities related to trade promotion, the Trade Promotion Agency has actively deployed and coordinated with international agencies and organizations to take advantage of technical support from foreign partners in helping to improve the capacity of Vietnamese enterprises, associations and localities.
According to Mr. Vu Ba Phu, the Department has been actively promoting activities to support output promotion for products of enterprises, including female enterprises.
"Within the framework of cooperation with the International Trade Center (ITC), the two sides have established the SheTrades Vietnam Project Office to more effectively support female entrepreneurs and female start-up businesses who wish to effectively participate in the global value chain," he said.
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| WTO Director General and delegates visit Sao Thai Duong Joint Stock Company. (Source: Ministry of Industry and Trade) |
At the event, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Minh, Founder and Chairwoman of the Pioneering Women Leaders Network (WeLead), Founding Chairwoman of the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN), Chairwoman of the Global Women's Summit in Vietnam, said that this is an opportunity for Vietnamese female entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses to be updated on the activities of the WTO, the programs and plans of the WTO in coordination with Vietnam in promoting and supporting female entrepreneurs to participate in international trade and to be consulted on issues that Vietnamese female entrepreneurs are interested in.
Ms. Minh emphasized: “The sharing of the WTO Director General will be invaluable knowledge to help female entrepreneurs attending today and through WeLead will spread to the Vietnamese female entrepreneur community so that they can be more confident when participating in international trade”.
Co-founder of Sao Thai Duong Joint Stock Company Nguyen Thi Huong Lien also said that the Company wants to convey to the head of the WTO the spirit of Vietnamese female entrepreneurs, the way Vietnamese female entrepreneurs face challenges and gradually overcome them.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong Lien expressed: "Sao Thai Duong Joint Stock Company would like to introduce to the WTO leaders and delegates the sustainable business strategy and innovation of a science and technology enterprise, especially the orientation towards an inclusive economic model - a female entrepreneur enterprise creating a positive impact on social development".
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