President Truong Tan Sang meets Vietnamese woman entrepreners in Ha Noi last February. — Photo Nguyen Khang

HA NOI (Biz Hub) — Viet Nam will host the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN) forum in Ha Noi on March 6 and 7.

This is the first time that Viet Nam's Women Entrepreneurs Network is organising the event. The forum will be held at a time when 105 years of the International Women's Day, falling on March 8, will be celebrated.

The ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Forum aims to create opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the region to share and learn from experiences; establish business connections; promote women entrepreneurs in the region to participate in the value chain and global supply chain; and especially to help young entrepreneurs learn from successful experiences in the region; as well as promote AWEN activities in the future.

The forum's framework will have three important events: ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Forum on March 6, 2015, with the theme "ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs in the context of the ASEAN Economic Community: Turning opportunities into reality"; a ceremony honouring ASEAN women entrepreneurs; and a tour of a number of businesses in Ha Noi.

Representatives of the party and State leaders, representatives of ministries and embassies, AWEN representatives of ASEAN and the ASEAN Secretariat, as well as international organisations, business associations and 200 women entrepreneurs from the ASEAN region are expected to participate in the forum. — VNS