Conference updates women on technology foundation in business
The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh in collaboration with Australia’s Victoria and Monash Universities held a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25 on women and business in the digital era.
Overview of the conference (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – The Australian Consulate General in Ho ChiMinh in collaboration with Australia’s Victoria and Monash Universities held aconference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 25 on women and business in thedigital era.
The event was part of a scholarship programme funded by the Australian governmenton the use of mobile devices to deal with small firm’s disadvantages.
Drawing a large number of female entrepreneurs and startups, the eventaimed to give domestic firms a chance to learn international experience inoptimising mobile devices and applications as well as social networks, whileupdating them on the Internet of Things and social networks in business.
Petra Bright, Australian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City said theconference sought to improve awareness and skills helping women run theirbusiness effectively by using mobile devices and social networks.
Ngo Phuong Thao, Director of Anbooks company, introduced the SocialBooks application, which was launched in 2016 and runs on Facebook messengerand QR codes.
The solution helps readers, especially youths, seek opportunities to findmentors, she said.
Each book of Anbooks has a QR code helping readers avoid fake books andconnect with the author and publishers, as well as those who also read thatbook.
Thao said that to be successful, women should optimise free or paid technologyeffectively, while using social networks to better understand customers’ demandand habits.-VNA
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Overview of the conference (Photo: VNA)