Methods to Effectively Support Women’s Entrepreneurship.

It can be seen that entrepreneurship is a topic that has never cooled down and remains a leading concern—not only among men or those with particular passion, but increasingly among women who are paying greater attention to entrepreneurship and seeking effective methods to start a business successfully and flourish in life.

On the afternoon of 24 May 2022, at the Hall of the Nhon Trach District Political Center, Dong Nai Province, a training session for the Government’s Project “Supporting Women’s Entrepreneurship for the 2017–2025 Period” was held under the theme “Methods to Effectively Support Women’s Entrepreneurship.”

Speaker of the Project Presentation:

PhD Nguyen Van Tan – Member of the National Innovative Startup Advisory Council (VSMA); Member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Region Startup Advisory and Support Council; Member of the Coordination and Support Council for the Innovative Startup Ecosystem of Dong Nai Province; Member of the Dong Nai Women’s Entrepreneurship Club; Head of the Innovative Startup Division of LHU; Head of FAIE, LHU; Lecturer of the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC); Lecturer in entrepreneurship programs such as SIYB, CEFE, ACSE, IPP, MEP, etc.

More than 200 women participated in the training session. The session lasted over 240 minutes and covered key contents to help participants understand what entrepreneurship is, including traditional entrepreneurship and lean, innovative entrepreneurship, highlighting differences, new aspects, and operational methods. In addition, women face numerous difficulties, barriers, and life challenges when engaging in entrepreneurship. The many responsibilities of life, children, and family, along with time and health as essential and critical factors, significantly influence women’s decisions to embark on entrepreneurship amid accumulated challenges and uncertainties about success or potential failures. Thousands of obstacles—experience, time, capital, passion, access to information, societal demands, and failure—can quickly extinguish thoughts and orientations toward entrepreneurship.

When do women feel happy? What causes entrepreneurial failure? What are the steps of entrepreneurship? What is the entrepreneurial ecosystem, and how do we approach entrepreneurship? How should we use public mapping, identify social needs and demands, and find appropriate methods and innovations suitable for the market? These questions and topics were shared specifically and in detail by PhD Nguyen Van Tan. Not only theoretical sharing, but the participants also experienced analytical learning methods by presenting community maps of their communes of residence on A0 paper. They worked in groups, discussed, and then presented road systems, identified shop locations, expressed aspirations, and proposed solutions for shortcomings in their communes, along with development orientations for the future.

Through a test to determine the appropriate timing for entrepreneurship, women gained clearer understanding based on their responses. Nhon Trach District, Dong Nai Province, known as an industrial city with 12 commune-level administrative units, including Hiep Phuoc Town and 11 communes, presents significant advantages and opportunities not only for women but for many social groups to develop and succeed in entrepreneurship.

The session not only delivered valuable knowledge and insights to women in Nhon Trach District, Dong Nai Province, but also strengthened the sustainable connection between the Startup Advisory Board of Lac Hong University and local women, maintaining relationships and serving as an important bridge for the development of entrepreneurship in Dong Nai Province.