Implementing the Project "Supporting women to start a business, period 2017-2025" according to Decision No. 939/QDTTg, dated June 30, 2017 of the Prime Minister (referred to as Project 939), the Women's Union at all levels of Quang Tri province has actively and proactively advised local Party committees and authorities to organize implementation, creating conditions for women to start a business, develop business, contribute to stabilizing family economy, improving income and quality of life.
Signing contracts and memorandums of understanding on product consumption of women's union members between manufacturers, suppliers and distributors and consumers at the supply-demand connection conference organized by the Provincial Women's Union - Photo: HT
Permanent Vice President of the Provincial Women's Union Nguyen Thi Que Phuong said that in recent times, women's unions at all levels have always accompanied, supported and encouraged women of all backgrounds, ages and professions, especially women in difficult circumstances, ethnic minority women and women with disabilities to rise up, confidently start a business, enrich their families and hometowns, create jobs for local workers, promote gender equality and enhance the role and position of women in society.
From the women's start-up movement, the association at all levels has supported over 889 women to start businesses, achieving and exceeding the targets of Project 939; actively campaigning to establish and maintain the Provincial Women Entrepreneurs Association and 16 women's business clubs; establishing 46 cooperatives, 230 cooperative groups; implementing the scientific topic "Research on building connections between supply and demand of goods to support women's economic development"...
These are the clearest evidences of the spread of the creative entrepreneurial spirit of women's union members. At the same time, the union at all levels has also become a center connecting social resources, supporting women on the path of entrepreneurship, business, and economic development.
Sharing about her entrepreneurial journey and initial successes, Ms. Nguyen Thi Anh Dao, in Ho Xa town, Vinh Linh district, said: “In 2019, I proposed the idea of “Improving production and business efficiency through utilizing pig manure to process into organic fertilizer” to participate in the Women with Green Economy contest sponsored by the Vietnam Center for Innovation and Response to Climate Change.
Out of 750 projects nationwide, my project was one of 16 outstanding proposals/ideas selected to be honored, awarded a potential prize and received financial support of 959 million VND to realize the idea. In 2023, I continued to register to participate in the "Women's Entrepreneurship - Promoting Local Resources" competition and surpassed 2,700 qualifying projects and won the second prize in the region and the second prize in the national final round.
In June 2024, I was invited to participate in the "When Women Take Charge" contest organized by Vietnam Television. With 500 entries, I was in the top 15 best ideas nationwide. In particular, I am honored to be the only representative of Quang Tri province and the Central region to be honored by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union and awarded the "Vietnamese Women" award in 2024, held in Hanoi on October 12, 2024.
Through the competitions, I have consolidated more knowledge in life, creativity and business development; broadened my vision and affirmed the position of women in the new era."
As for Ms. Nong Thi Hanh, Director of Ta Lu Coffee Company Limited (Huong Hoa district), her start-up journey, in addition to her personal efforts, also received great support from women's associations at all levels.
In 2023, responding to the contest "Proposing ideas and startup projects" with the theme "Women starting a business - promoting local resources" launched and organized by the Women's Union at all levels, Ms. Hanh registered to participate with the startup idea "Organizing farmers to produce coffee according to sustainability" and won second prize at the provincial level.
Continuing to promote achievements and based on the 2023 startup idea, with the desire to build an organic coffee production chain, increase product value associated with ensuring sustainable development, in 2024, Ms. Hanh continued to participate in the national "Women's Creative Startup and Green Transformation" contest in 2024 organized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union with the project "Developing Huong Hoa Organic Coffee" and excellently won the second prize nationwide.
“Currently, Ta Lu Coffee Company Limited has 8 types of products including: ground coffee, roasted coffee beans, specialty coffee, paper filter coffee, Blen coffee, Liberica coffee, tea from coffee husks and organic fertilizer from coffee husks. Of which, ground coffee and roasted coffee beans have been certified to meet 4-star OCOP standards. In addition, the company has also expanded production of additional agricultural products typical of Huong Hoa district such as: honey, dried bamboo shoots, pepper, turmeric starch...
I hope that the Women's Union at all levels will continue to organize competitions to create opportunities for members and women to start businesses, to be a bridge to support female businesses and business owners to break through and develop; to encourage women to boldly affirm their role and position in economic development and other areas of social life," Ms. Hanh shared.
It is known that, implementing Project 939, the Women's Union at all levels has promoted propaganda and mobilized cadres and members to implement resolutions, projects and economic development programs of the locality. In order to support women in starting and running businesses, the union at all levels has organized 98 training and communication courses on understanding the marketing market, e-commerce; building brands and labels, developing business plans, communicating production and trading of quality and safe agricultural products and food...
In particular, the association has actively organized activities to introduce, promote and connect the consumption of safe products of women's association members to consumers throughout the province.
In the period of 2020 - 2024, 3 conferences were organized to connect supply and demand of products produced by women's union members; 75 fairs and markets for agricultural products and rural industrial products; organized direct work with Dong Ha Co.opmart supermarket, hotels, restaurants, companies that organize lunch for workers to connect product consumption; signed 9 memorandums of understanding on product consumption cooperation between households/cooperatives/cooperatives with restaurants, hotels, schools; built 20 specialized Facebook pages, operated booths to display, promote and introduce safe food of women's union members...
Activities to support women in starting businesses have initially created changes in thinking and methods of implementing activities to support women in business development and starting businesses; arousing the spirit, potential and creativity of women, thereby empowering many women to change their perceptions, boldly innovate, overcome challenges to rise up to start businesses, assert themselves and develop the economy.
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Source: https://baoquangtri.vn/khoi-nghiep-de-nang-cao-vai-tro-vi-the-phu-nu-189631.htm
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