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Tra Vinh’s enterprises helped to improve gender knowledge

A training course on mainstreaming gender issues in implementing projects was held in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh by the Management Board of the project on developing local small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (SME Tra Vinh project) from July 4-5.
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TraVinh (VNA) - A training course on mainstreaming gender issues inimplementing projects was held in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh by the ManagementBoard of the project on developinglocal small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) (SME Tra Vinh project) fromJuly 4-5.

The event aims to help staff from departments and sectors understandregulations and policies to support international development for women of the CanadianGovernment, which finances the SME Tra Vinh project, and Canada’s supportprogrammes in Vietnam, and how to promote gender mainstreaming in the processof implementing activities in the project.

Traineesto the programme were equipped with basic knowledge about gender and genderequality; gender analysis in enterprise development; why gender issues need tobe concerned in business development.

PhD Pham Thu Hien, a gender expert from a programme to support Canada-funded projectsin Vietnam mentioned differences in size, reasons for business development,level of profit, access to credit, business sector, and experience in businessesowned by men and women.

Projects funded by the Canadian side in Vietnam are always concerned withgender issues, and their operations are required to be in line with Canada'sinternational support policy for women, including empowering women, she said.

For SME Tra Vinh project, women and men are equal in participating in developing,implementing and benefiting from activities to support SMEs development in thelocality, and mainstreaming gender into all activities is a fundamentalrequirement to contribute to promoting gender equality of the project.

Tra Vinh has 2,314 enterprises with a total capital of 27,613 billion VND.However, among these, small and medium-sized enterprises account for about 98percent, so there were many limitations in accessing capital, science andtechnology, and markets.

The SME Tra Vinh project, carried out during2014-2020, is sponsored by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs andInternational Trade with a total investment of 12.1 million CAD (9.8 millionUSD),  with 11 million CAD being non-refundable aid.

As many as 200 enterprises and more than 194,000residents in 22 rural communes of Tra Vinh have benefited from the project.-VNA
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