A Vietnamese businesswoman must well organise her time and effort to fulfil her duties as a mother and a wife as well as complete her business work. Therefore, to be successful, she has to double her efforts in comparison to men.
Secret to success
Ms Nguyen Thi Lan, Director of Mac Vi Advertising Company, said she has to try her best to build the current position of Mac Vi Advertising brand name on the market. Modern women in general and businesswomen like her must know her duties. After leaving behind working stresses, they return to their families with the primary duty as a mother and a wife. With such a heavy responsibility, businesswomen like her must schedule their lifeworks.
Ms Banh Thi Kim Huong, Director of Kim Huong Gold Private Enterprise, said: "To be successful, it is more important that women must know how to harmonise her relationships. They must devote to their jobs when they go to work but they must do housework as a true wife and mother. For women entrepreneurs, their warm homes are the most peaceful hideaways to stressful business world.”
Ms Nguyen Nam Phuong, CEO of Lan Anh Company Limited, said her success comes from her flexible and scientific use of time fund. Business and family pressures always make women feel short of time. As they have to handle both business and housekeeping tasks, women seem to need double time than men. A well-managed time fund will help women handle all tasks well.”
When asked about her secrets to balance business and family works, Ms Phung Kim Vy, Chairwoman of The Cliff Resort & Residences, said "A modern woman, a successful businessman must know how to control her life and decide her work and everything else. She has social relationships, has her own success and glory but she must also be the master of her home as any other ordinary women. That’s what I speak about general aspects. Personally, I love the modern woman lying in my body and that makes me different, helps me be successful and helps me live true to life. It is not difficult to balance work and family affairs because I am lucky enough to have empathy, sharing and support from my family. My children are grown enough and they can take care of themselves and of me too. I am happy with my family."
In need of a support
Being busy and absorbed in their business and family works require huge efforts from any women. Indeed, they will feel their burdens much lighter when they have the sharing from their husbands. However, not all women have such luck. They have to do on their own when they choose to do business.
When asked about what they desire most, most businesswomen share a common desire “To have sympathetic husbands." Women entrepreneurs in particular and other successful women in general have a huge sacrifice for their career. When doing business, they need their husbands to be a trusted support than better than anyone else. Ms Phan Thi Thu Loan, Director of Red Carpet Exhibition Services Company, said: "In the face of competitive pressures in the marketplace, women entrepreneurs cannot pass without sharing and sympathy from the men they trust. The greatest luck for a businesswoman is to have a good husband who always supports her in business, sympathises with her hardships, and always has good, sincere advice to her.”
Hong Ha
Vietnamese
