This report was prepared under the direction of Rachel Freeman, IFC Asia Manager for Financial Institutions Group Advisory Services. The research team at the International Finance Corporation consisted of Joanna Romero, Neil Ramsden, Rubin Japhta, and Huong Mai Huynh.

The study report looks at the specific financial and non-financial needs and opportunities for women-owned SMEs in Vietnam. It quantifies the market opportunity for banks to target these SMEs with strategies that recognize the number of such businesses, annual revenues generated, number of employees, contribution to the economy, as well as their challenges and aspirations.

This Report is attached here.

1634005260 - Women-owned enterprises in Vietnam_Perceptions and Potential.pdf