Vietnam Sets Goal for 30% Women-Owned Businesses by 2030

• Việt Nam plans for 30% of all enterprises to be owned by women by the year 2030
• It supports the role that women play in sustainable economic growth
• The project will support women's start-ups from 2026 to 2035

The Government of Vietnam is aiming for women-owned businesses to make up 30% of the total businesses in Vietnam by 2030, to further the role of women in sustainable economic development over the next decade.

This goal is noted in Decision No. 2415/QD-TTg approved by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, which approves a project to support women’s start-ups from 2026-2035.

The Project will also provide resources for 75,000 women-owned enterprises, cooperatives and business households to access preferential credit, start-up, and innovation funds. The project will also assist in the registration and formalisation of 25,000 women-owned business households.

In addition, the project will support 8,000 women-owned start-ups and cooperatives to restructure and enhance business and operational capacity and sustainability.

In pursuit of these objectives, the following measures are highlighted by the project promote entrepreneurship and business aspirations among women develop and connect the components of the start-up support ecosystem.

Supporting women's participation in sustainable, digital, and green business models review, propose policy improvements, and encourage women's entrepreneurship.

Target beneficiaries of the project include all women wishing to start a business, especially those from the groups that are considered disadvantaged or vulnerable: single mothers, women with disabilities.

Women in households with disabled members, ethnic minority women, retired female athletes, women who have completed prison sentences, women affected by HIV, victims of domestic violence or human trafficking, elderly women returning from industrial zones, women returning from overseas employment, and migrant women engaged in informal labor.