A panel discussion on the event of Vietnamese – Canadian female leaders, with important highlights such as the role of women in leadership, gender equality and the challenges they face.
Vietnamese and Canadian female leaders attend workshop on promoting gender equality
The roundtable discussion on "Strategic Cooperation to Promote Gender Equality" was organized by the Consulate General of Canada in Ho Chi Minh City, with the participation of Ms. Sara Wilshaw - Senior Assistant to the Deputy Minister of International Trade of Canada, and Ms. Christine Nakamura - Vice President, Central Office in Canada.
On the afternoon of November 22, the event attracted the participation of more than 20 female business leaders from Vietnam and Canada in Ho Chi Minh City. Among them were Ms. Dang Minh Phuong - CEO of Forbes Vietnam and Ms. Ho Ngoc Yen Phuong - Deputy General Director of Finance of Vietjet and representatives of 20 businesses run by female leaders.
At the event, female leaders from many fields provided diverse perspectives on the role of women in technology, aviation, healthcare, education and the public sector.
As the invited speaker to open the discussion, Forbes Vietnam CEO Dang Minh Phuong emphasized that she always supports women leaders and feels secure when assigning work to them. According to her, during the interview process for recruitment, she often gives priority to female candidates, because she understands the challenges they have experienced in their careers. She also shared that when she was young, she always followed her CEO closely and she understood that over the past 20 years, she has understood how hard women have to work to be able to stand in leadership positions that men are currently holding.
Ms. Dang Minh Phuong - CEO of Forbes Vietnam (left) and Ms. Ho Ngoc Yen Phuong - Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy General Director of Finance of Vietjet (right) participated in the discussion.
Following that, Ms. Ho Ngoc Yen Phuong, Board Member and Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Vietjet, shared her views on the role of women leaders in the current context. With the world experiencing many geopolitical changes, entering the digital age and developing information technology, Ms. Yen Phuong expressed the need to promote training programs to raise women's awareness of technology. She also called for the formation of international partnerships and the building of a connection system between female leaders and international organizations to spread and positively influence the community.
Ms. Ho Ngoc Yen Phuong shared that Vietjet is one of the few airlines in the world with many female leaders. 36% of the workforce at Vietjet are female (ie 2,246 out of a total of 6,500 employees) and nearly 30% of them are in management and leadership positions. This data seems to send a strong message that women can absolutely excel in any field. According to her, women with the ability to adapt flexibly and persistently will help the Company overcome crises. At Vietjet, there are many good policies for female employees such as cooperation in investing in Yoga studios, makeup allowances for flight attendants, or service training programs towards a positive and friendly culture. Not only that, flexible working policies through online meetings and proactive working hours also help female employees balance between family and life; The policy encourages female employees to retain their positions after maternity leave and recognizes previous achievements to continue to advance in their careers.
In addition, the role of female leaders such as Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao - Chairwoman of Vietjet, has demonstrated outstanding leadership ability, contributing to helping Vietjet maintain operations and quickly recover from fluctuations. Ms. Thao always puts her compassion into charity work and supports women. Vietjet maintains a minimum income for employees during the pandemic and develops many technology projects, promoting the emergence of technology application programs in sales and passenger service. When the pandemic is over, the aviation supply chain is in a human resource crisis, airlines are short of pilots, but Vietjet still ensures enough and grows, becoming one of the two leading airlines in market share in Vietnam.
Dr. Thao's journey has become an inspiration for many young women in Vietnam.
Ms. Ho Ngoc Yen Phuong shared that women with the ability to adapt flexibly and persevere will help the company overcome crises.
According to Ms. Yen Phuong, organizations led by women will be an ideal environment to develop talent and empower young female workers, thereby contributing to the sustainable development of businesses. Today's female leaders not only face work pressure but also take on family responsibilities. Their success cannot be achieved without the support of their families and relatives, important sources of spiritual strength that help them feel confident in their leadership roles.
The opinions shared by Vietjet leaders received the agreement of the delegates, believing in the success of Vietjet with female leaders. The world has entered the era of ESG and technology development. It is time for Vietnam to enter the period of promoting gender equality through expanding relations with organizations for the advancement of women, communicating awareness to young women studying technology to master technology in the future, master AI to apply in life, contribute to the gender equality program, support women leaders to improve the value of life.
Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/cac-nu-lanh-dao-viet-nam-canada-thao-luan-ve-thuc-day-binh-dang-gioi-20241124174206338.htm
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