A delegation from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam led by Ms Robyn Mudie, Australia’s Ambassador to Vietnam was delighted to meet some of the many ethnic minority women who are benefiting from the GREAT Program on a recent trip to Son La Province.

The ramie sector in Son La has the potential to create increased income for ethnic minority women, however, unlocking access to finance is important to realise growth in the sector.

As part of GREAT’s strategy to help the tourism sector recover from COVID-19, the program has supported local communities to promote their destinations to international and domestic tourists.

GREAT’s paper on “Harnessing the potential of ethnic minority women entrepreneurs” was one of the seven selected out of over fifty submitted to be presented at the International Scientific Conference on “Women Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Post COVID-19 Era” held yesterday by the Vietnam Women’s Academy.