Provincial Women’s Union supports women in business startup

At a conference on business startup support just held by provincial Women’s Union, many women had a chance to get access to issues relating to support policies for them in business start-up.

Forming up startup ecosystem

Provincial Women’s Union has just organized a conference on supporting women in business start-up, with the participation of around 200 members.

This is a female-headed business startup model of Phuoc Hoa commune’s vegetable cooperative group in Phu Giao district

At the conference, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, Director of provincial Department of Science-Technology (DoST) said that provincial DoST will set up a community initiative and business support center. This will be a place organizing connection activities and giving consultancy free of charge for individuals with business startup ideals.

Dinh Sao Mai, Director of the Environmental Protection Fund under provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment also said that after 10 years of establishment, the fund has supported VND300billion for 74 projects on waste, sewage treatment and collection; infrastructure construction for sewage collection and treatment…Currently, its working capital amounts to VND177billion. 

To create an ecosystem for women to be self-confident in business startup, many delegates at the conference shared information about the national Project on supporting innovative startup ecosystem till 2025 in the province for the 2017-2020 period, recent socio-economic development of the nation and the province, policies and solutions to promote economic development…

The conference also introduced some loans on environment, support for cooperatives, job creation, rural environmental hygiene-clean water…for small and medium-sized enterprises and business-production households in needy areas…

Accompanying women

Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Chairwoman of provincial Women’s Union said that 2018 was the first year for the implementation of provincial Project on supporting business startup women for the period of 2018-2025.

During the process of realizing the project, provincial Women’s Union has discovered many outstanding women in economic development. Luong Thi Nhi, residing in Phu Giao district’s Tan Hiep commune is a typical example for this. As a chairwoman of Tan Hiep communal Women’s Union, she has always paid attention to developing activities of the local Women’s Union. Noticeably, she has managed to set up a household sewing cooperative with 7 members with the month income of around VND30million, generating jobs for 20 women with the average income of between VND5million and VND6million per person per month… Or, Tran Thi Kim Hong, residing in Thuan An town’s Lai Thieu ward said that she has successfully developed a model on “linh chi” (linhzhi) mushroom growing, helping stabilize her life.

According to Ms.Hong, provincial Women’s Union needs to help women get access to support policies and have more knowledge in business scopes…for better business startup.

Reported by Thanh Le-Translated by K.T