The statistics show that Vietnam is currently ranked top in the region on the percentage of women holding high managerial positions. According to the statistics of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), in Vietnam, one in four business leaders is female. The businesses owned by women are mostly SMEs, labour-intensive, related to trade and services and many operating in remote areas.
Even, according to an interesting survey result from global business reports by Grant Thornton Vietnam on the leadership styles of women CEOs in emerging markets, in Vietnam, there are 33 percent of senior business leaders are women. Meanwhile, in G7 countries, only 21 percent of senior positions are held by women and 22 percent in the Euro zone. Particularly at the board level, 26 percent of board members in BRIC are women, compared to only 16 percent in the G7 and 19 percent globally. Ms Francesca Lagerberg, Global Head of Tax for Grant Thornton International said the survey results were not surprising and the percentage of businesswomen in the emerging markets is more supportive due to their leadership style. The women leaders show greater openness to learning, being more creative and putting their trust in their judgment.
According to Dr Vu Tien Loc, VCCI President, businesses owned by women have gradually restructured manufacturing apparatus, re-oriented and chose appropriate direction to revitalise businesses. So in the recent difficult period, it seemed that the ratio of businesses led by women leaving the market is also lower than that of men. Businesswomen in Vietnam are highly creative and believe in intuition. Up to 94 percent of respondents believe in the importance of creativity and 98 percent respect the judgment when operating businesses. With this number, Vietnam believes that intuition is an important factor for good leaders.
However, as announced by Grant Thornton, the percentage of business leaders who had been trained or are being trained leadership skills in Vietnam is the lowest in the Asia – Pacific region, only 20 percent (compared to 44 percent in ASEAN, 43 percent in Latin America and 41 percent in Asia – Pacific). Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer, a publishing and information company in the Netherlands, said when we studied about the leaders of the world’s leading companies in 2000, we found that there were only 29 female CEOs (accounting for 1.5 percent). A significant difference between male and female CEOs is female had to double their efforts than men to be appointed CEOs.
All comparisons are lame but some statistics showed that even in the developed economies there are inequalities between male and female entrepreneurs. It also showed a picture of rapid growth in number of Vietnamese female entrepreneurs but at the same time reflected major difficult things to overcome.
At the meeting with 100 excellent businesswomen in last March, State President Truong Tan Sang appreciated the efforts to overcome difficulties of these entrepreneurs to help their businesses continue to develop in recent years and the years to come. Besides, the President noted that Vietnam has expanded relations with many countries, they are potential market which require businesses to be proactive to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises to seize opportunities and stand firm in the domestic market, and penetrate markets in other countries. It is vital for each enterprise.
In addition to the efforts of businesses itself, in terms of completion of legal policies, Vice President of the National Assembly of Vietnam – Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said with the participation of entrepreneurs in legislative activities of the National Assembly, particularly recently amended and supplemented laws and policies related to medium enterprises such as the Procurement Law, the Law on business income Tax, VAT Law will be adjusted, completed and support for businesses in the manufacturing business, opening the way for businesses to integrate in regional and international areas.
If compared to the National Strategy on Gender Equality period 2011 – 2020 which is “the percentage of businesswomen in 2015 reaches 30 percent and at least 35 percent in 2020,” it is clear that the results achieved by businesswomen in the recent period is encouraging. This is considered the platform for Vietnam to promote the development of both quantity and quality of businesswomen.
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