The Hanoitimes - The 2012 Vietnam Businesswomen Forum was held in Hanoi on March 6 for female entrepreneurs to share their experience with each other.
The Hanoitimes - The 2012 Vietnam Businesswomen Forum was held in Hanoi on March 6 for female entrepreneurs to share their experience with each other. At the forum, attended by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan and World Bank Country Director for Vietnam Victoria Kwakwa, many participants agreed that it was difficult for businesswomen to balance career and family. Le Thi Nam Phuong, President of the Board of Directors of an educational system, spoke about the loneliness of successful women in business. She said that successful women face numerous challenges in daily life and few can enjoy both career success and family happiness. Phuong stressed women have to take care of both work and family but received little sharing and support from their relatives and community. Some other businesswomen told the forum about the fact that they started engaging in business because their families were too poor and their husbands could not support their families financially. However, when their families are well-fed, they begin to find themselves lonely. The forum discussed a number of macroeconomic issues in 2012, and proposed legal measures to help women access credit and empower them in the economics field. BTP |