Women honoured at innovation festival

March 30, 2019 | 21:53

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The Women Innovation Festival was an occasion to honour their talent and contributions to the country’s socio-economic development.

Beth Ann Lim, head of SMB Community Engagement of Facebook APAC, addressing the event

On March 30, Facebook entered into a co-operation with the Women's Initiative for Startups and Entrepreneurship (WISE) to organise Women Innovation Festival in Hanoi with a series of interesting programmes. It was also an occasion to kick off the third #SheMeansBusiness event.

Through the workshop and talk show, business women inspired other women to be happy and successful in business. These business women also helped other women at the festival to exploit their potential.

Tu Thu Hien, CEO of WISE, said, “We are very happy to see that Vietnamese women are nowadays overcoming barriers to earn success and affirm their important role in socio-economic development. WISE and Facebook expect to inspire more and more women by continuing to organise meaningful programmes, including #SheMeansBusiness."

According to the Future of Business report implemented by Facebook, the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), 80 per cent of Vietnamese business women on Facebook said the social network is useful for them. They also enjoy the community and the advice they receive. 60 per cent of successful women using Facebook said that they have role models,and 67 per cent said that they are inspired by women.

Beth Ann Lim, head of SMB Community Engagement of Facebook APAC, said that after two years of launching, the #SheMeansBusiness programme helped more than 3,000 women to build and develop their online business and ensure financial security. This year, they will continue to approach more women with the programme in order to provide them with the necessary digital skills to develop their career.

By Kim Oanh

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