Female PhD's enduring contributions to children's happiness and gender equality

Recently honored by the prestigious Fortune Magazine (USA) in the list of "The Most Powerful Women in Asia in 2024", businesswoman Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao is a model of Asian women who have made lasting contributions to the development of children's happiness and gender equality. Contribution to society and community Born into an intellectual family in Hanoi, Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, originally had a small dream of graduating from university and becoming a teacher like her mother. But the time studying abroad helped her broaden her vision, exploring the first steps on the journey to becoming a great entrepreneur, with the aspiration to contribute to building a strong Vietnam. After nearly 20 years of studying and working abroad, the woman from Hanoi studied at 3 universities in economics, finance and banking, a PhD in economics - automation, and business experience when she earned her first 1 million USD at the age of 21... Having a good educational foundation, along with intelligence, seriousness, Determined and hard-working, businesswoman Phuong Thao has become the first and only self-made female billionaire in Vietnam and Southeast Asia by successfully investing in many fields such as aviation, banking, energy - fields that are considered the backbone for the country's economic development, and creating jobs for more than 40,000 employees and companies listed on the stock market. According to the businesswoman, the first responsibility of a business is economic responsibility, and doing business effectively so that employees have good income, partners and customers are satisfied, then the responsibility to create value for the community. This is part of the honest business philosophy deep in the businesswoman's soul and honest heart. That is the reason why businesswoman Phuong Thao always strives in business with the hope that "a lot of money is to realize beautiful dreams". All those years of business activities are the same number of years that the female billionaire has been involved in programs and projects for the community, dozens of years of accompanying chess, futsal, sports for the disabled, spreading love to support children at SOS Children's Village, bringing "Warm clothes for children" to families and children in difficult circumstances in the mountains, charity kitchens providing millions of meals, conducting free flights during the Covid-19 pandemic... Then there are special projects that are meaningful to the Vietnamese people such as developing a technology platform to contribute online to the Vietnam Vaccine Fund; calling for contributions to the fund. Growing up among traditional values, the female billionaire values ​​education and culture, considering them the foundations to create good citizens who love to work, have ethics, and contribute to society and the community. Recently, at UNESCO headquarters (France), Dr. Phuong Thao continued to implement the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement for the period 2025 - 2035, contributing to the realization of the Cooperation Agreement between Vietnam and UNESCO in the coming time. According to the agreement, the female billionaire will support projects and creative arts activities in the cultural field, promote the Hanoi Creative Capital project and the chain of creative cities across the country, the happy school project in the education field; the role of youth in economic development initiatives in the fields of natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, on the basis of traditional cultural and historical values.

Dr. Phuong Thao is a model Asian woman who has consistently contributed to the development of children's happiness and gender equality.

Promoting women's rights Respecting and loving traditional values, businesswoman Phuong Thao is also a person who promotes women's rights more than anyone else. Businesses of businesswomen play an important role in promoting women's participation in the STEM field (science, technology, engineering, mathematics), providing the best working environment and conditions for staff, especially women, who, in addition to work, also need to try many times harder to balance personal life, family responsibilities, and overcome social prejudices. According to the female billionaire, a woman who is the head of a business is both a person of work but also a person of the staff, a person of the family and tries to fulfill the role that fate and life have given her. The female billionaire wants everyone to call her "sister", close, natural and full of tolerance. Partners love working with her, because she always brings value and prosperity to her partners, with the "giving" spirit of a woman.

Dr. Phuong Thao believes that women's participation in science will change when girls have access to and choose subjects and majors that match their abilities.

Thanks to science and technology, the female billionaire herself and many other female entrepreneurs have the opportunity to realize their dreams in the digital economy, in the sustainable development goals of each business and each individual. Therefore, Dr. Phuong Thao believes that businesses play an important role, along with the education sector, in bringing STEM into all levels of education, stimulating children with talents in the fields of science, technology, and mathematics to shape their career thinking early. The participation of women in science will change when girls have access to and choose subjects and majors according to their abilities. The female entrepreneur herself said that she will continue to work tirelessly to increase the proportion of women studying computer science, have more female leaders in startups, shorten the gap between men and women in income and promotion opportunities, strive to have female representatives and faces in the STEM field and always act for a brighter future for women, especially in the fields of information technology and digital transformation. For her staff and community, she is an inspiration to millions of Vietnamese and international women with the elegant yet simple style of an Asian woman. She has done many things for the economy and integration development. Moreover, she is a model of a woman who has made a lasting contribution to the development of children's happiness and gender equality. Source: https://tienphong.vn/nu-tien-si-dong-gop-ben-bi-cho-hanh-phuc-cua-tien-tho-va-binh-dang-gioi-post1684040.tpo