As a startup expert, having been involved in the startup movement in general and the activities supporting women startups of the Vietnam Women's Union for a long time, Dr. Tran Duy Khanh, Director of the APEC Entrepreneurship Training Institute, gave a preliminary assessment of the implementation results of the Project "Supporting Women Startups in the 2017 - 2025 period" (Project 939).
According to Dr. Tran Duy Khanh, among the projects approved by the Government, Project 939 chaired by the Vietnam Women's Union and the Project "Supporting the National Innovative Startup Ecosystem to 2025" (Project 844) of the Ministry of Science and Technology are two truly effective projects, with a spillover effect from the grassroots to the Central level, contributing to changing the awareness of startups among Vietnamese people.
With Project 939 , in recent years, the career movement and the results achieved have demonstrated the great efforts of all levels of members and women from the central to the grassroots levels. In many provinces, the Women's Union staff from the provincial to district and commune levels have really participated, contributing to the Project's good results.
By 2024, 4/5 of the Project's targets (by 2025) had been completed and exceeded the set plan, with some targets being 3-4 times higher. The highlight of the Project is the Women's Entrepreneurship Competition held annually. The Competition has created a strong influence among women's members nationwide, arousing passion, dedication and confidence for women to start their own businesses, affirming women's economic power.
Besides the strengths, there are still limitations in the implementation phase of Project 939. Dr. Tran Duy Khanh said that Project 939 has not really paid much attention to training the Women's Union staff at all levels on entrepreneurship. While this is the team that understands and conveys the entrepreneurial spirit to female members.
Consultation workshop on strategic orientation to support women in starting businesses in the period 2026-2035 organized by the Vietnam Women's Union on December 3, 2024
Giving comments on the drafted contents of the Project "Supporting women to start businesses in the period 2026-2035" , Dr. Tran Duy Khanh suggested some contents:
Regarding the support objects of the Project in the coming period, it is recommended that the research team closely follow the policies of the Party, the State, the legal bases and bases, especially based on the development of society to determine specifically.
For example, with the "group of women who have started a business", it is necessary to determine what is considered to have started a business, women who have started a business, according to the law there is a Law on Support for Small and Medium Enterprises to support. So what scope do business owners fall into? Currently, the whole country has nearly 5.7 million business households and over 70% of this number are women; it is necessary to determine whether this group belongs to the group that has started a business or has not started a business. Dr. Tran Duy Khanh assessed that impacting this group is very important, because the Party and the State are very hopeful to influence business households to become enterprises.
In addition, Dr. Tran Duy Khanh also requested to clarify which group of subjects the collective economic groups and cooperative groups owned by women, and those moving towards being owned, will be classified into so that they can receive support from the Project to Support Women in Starting a Business.
Regarding the startup ecosystem , Dr. Tran Duy Khanh shared that currently, each unit and university, in addition to the general startup ecosystem, also has its own specific ecosystem, and no model is the same as another. So what is the specific ecosystem for women startups? The Vietnam Women's Union should advise and propose specific policies for women startups.
Regarding the Vision Orientation, Dr. Tran Duy Khanh proposed dividing it into 2 phases, suitable for the next 5 years and 10 years to both evaluate the depth and effectiveness of the Project; and closely follow the trends of digital revolution, green revolution, circular revolution, and sustainable development in the country and in the world.
On the morning of December 3, 2024, the Vietnam Women's Union organized a consultation workshop on strategic orientations to support women in starting businesses for the period 2026-2035 to identify goals, tasks and solutions to support women in starting businesses to meet the requirements in the new situation.
The workshop was attended by representatives of ministries, branches, experts, startup consultants, organizations and units accompanying the Vietnam Women's Union, women entrepreneurs and representatives of the Women's Union at all levels.
The valuable information and useful sharing of the workshop will be an important basis for the Vietnam Women's Union to continue researching and adjusting solutions and activities to support and promote women's startups in an increasingly innovative and creative direction, keeping up with the strong development of science and technology, digital transformation, green transformation, and sustainable development of the country.
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