{"id":2295,"date":"2017-09-27T17:28:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDInet\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2017-10-06T15:28:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T15:28:18","slug":"ho-chi-minh-market-openseptember-26-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/ho-chi-minh-market-openseptember-26-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Chi Minh Market Open<br>September 27, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qf6VYgSx9ek?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h4>Women executives and entrepreneurs led by Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) President Irene Natividad and former Vice President of Vietnam Truong My Hoa opened the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) today to salute the significant contributions Vietnamese women have made to the growth of the Vietnamese economy. Brought together by CWDI, a Washington, DC-based organization which researches and promotes women on boards globally, the event took place prior to Vietnam\u2019s hosting of the APEC Public-Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy in Hue this week.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_2394\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2394\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2394 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7518-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7518-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7518-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/IMG_7518-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>CWDI Chair Irene Natividad, Madame Truong My Hoa, and Acting Chairman of HOSE \u200eLe Hai Tra at Market Open ceremony<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<h4>\u201cIt\u2019s important that women are seen as part of business traditions such as the ringing of the opening bell at the stock exchange,\u201d states CWDI Chair Natividad. \u201cVietnamese women, whether they are CEOs, board directors, executives, or entrepreneurs of businesses large or small, have been drivers of tremendous growth in the Vietnamese economy over the past 30 years. We are pleased to bring together some of these successful women today to salute their achievements.\u201d Acting Chairman of HOSE Le Hai Tra welcomed the guests to the event and reiterated HOSE\u2019s support for women in business.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_2395\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2395\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2395 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-64-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-64-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-64-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-64-768x516.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>CWDI Chair Natividad hits the gong to open the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange.<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<h4>While Vietnam has been known for its strong contingent of women entrepreneurs which account for 1\/3 of all business-owners &#8212; one of the highest percentages in the world &#8212; recent CWDI research also revealed a strong presence of women holding board seats in Vietnam\u2019s largest listed companies. The 2017 CWDI Report on Women Board Directors in the Asia-Pacific Region showed that Vietnamese women\u2019s strong participation in the nation\u2019s economy is reflected in an above-average percentage of women on the boards of its 100 largest companies. At 16.4%, Vietnam\u2019s percentage of women directors is greater than the region\u2019s average percentage of 12.8% and places fifth out of 20 economies in the region behind Australia (27.4%), New Zealand (21.7%), Malaysia (17.5%), and Cambodia (16.5%).<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_2397\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2397\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2397 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-55-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-55-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-55-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/27.09.2017_Binh-dang-gioi-ba-T.M.Hoa-55-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><center>Audience of 60 women entrepreneurs and executives listen to CWDI Chair Natividad shares CWDI research on women board directors in Asia-Pacific region.<\/center><\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center>[metaslider id=2303]<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women executives and entrepreneurs led by Corporate Women Directors International (CWDI) President Irene Natividad and former Vice President of Vietnam Truong My Hoa opened the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) today to salute the significant contributions Vietnamese women have&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/ho-chi-minh-market-openseptember-26-2017\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,38,6,41],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2295"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions\/2444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globewomen.org\/CWDINet\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}