Honoring collectives and individuals at the 2026 Vietnam Women's Award

This is a meaningful event on the occasion of the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Women's Union (1930-2026), Vietnamese Women's Day (October 20), to honor collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements and persistent contributions to the country's development.

Also at the program, the Central Vietnam Women's Union organized the second Nguyen Thi Dinh Award award ceremony and launched the "Women's Startup Innovation, Elevating Vietnamese Brands" Contest in 2027.

Attending the program were Mr. Pham Gia Tuc - Member of the Politburo, Standing Deputy Prime Minister; Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Ms. Le Thi Thuy - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam Women's Union...

Speaking at the opening of the Program, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union Le Thi Thuy said - the program is not only an opportunity to honor contributions and achievements that have been affirmed, but also to continue to promote the glorious tradition, arouse potential, intelligence, bravery, aspiration to rise up and spread the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation among Vietnamese women.

The second Nguyen Thi Dinh Award is a recognition and honor for outstanding individuals who are dedicated, deeply involved in the grassroots and closely associated with members. At the same time, it is a reliable bridge, listening to and reflecting the legitimate thoughts and aspirations of women to the Party and the State and protecting the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of women.

It is from their dedication, responsibility and silent but persistent contributions, simple but noble actions that they have contributed to consolidating the trust of women's union members in the Party, State and Union organization, creating vitality, prestige and spread of the women's movement" - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Women's Union affirmed.

At the program, the 2026 Vietnam Women's Award was awarded to 5 collectives and 12 individuals with outstanding achievements in many fields such as scientific research, health, education, armed forces, businesses...

Along with that, the second Nguyen Thi Dinh Award - a noble award of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnam Women's Union was awarded to 32 typical full-time Association officials out of a total of 4,000 full-time Association officials at all levels.

Among them, there are 4 central-level officials, 16 provincial-level officials, 12 grassroots-level officials and 2 officials who are ethnic minorities, and 2 individuals who are National Assembly Deputies of the 16th term.

Also at the program, the Vietnam Women's Union officially launched the 2027 "Women's Startup Innovation, Elevating Vietnamese Brands" Contest with the message: "Double Transformation - New Momentum for Economic Growth".

Speaking at the program, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc said that, implementing Resolution No. 57 and Resolution No. 68 of the Politburo, the Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 2415 approving the Project "Supporting women's startups in the period 2026 - 2035", identifying women as the center, innovation as the driving force, digital transformation and green transformation as the main methods.

Besides, he said that it is necessary to determine that awarding prizes and honoring is only the tip of the iceberg, building a foundation and creating conditions for women to start businesses is the root, the important part.

To do so, women need to be considered the subjects of startups, thereby having substantial solutions in terms of capital, land, technology, market, and management skills. Encourage women to participate in science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, linking startups with private economic development and increasing labor productivity" - the Standing Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

Mr. Pham Gia Tuc affirmed that for women, as startup owners, promoting internal strength, self-reliance, aspiration to rise up along with knowledge, bravery, discipline, learning spirit and responsibility will be decisive factors for success in startups.

Women entrepreneurs should take advantage of the opportunities from the contest to improve products, expand markets, and build brands. Each product made by Vietnamese women must become an ambassador of a Vietnamese brand capable of competing and reaching out to the international market.

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