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If women’s economic empowerment is improved, Vietnam's GDP gain $40 billion a year by 2025 At the event titled Gender Lens Investing in Practice – Driving Value for Investors in Vietnam, Australian Consul General Julianne Cowley explained that economies need to be "built back better" in ways which deliver greater equality. Investing in women is a smart business decision, she added, with ample data to back this up. “We encourage more investors to unlock the potential of this largely under-served market of women’s SMEs and join the early leaders on gender lens investing,” she said and added that it cannot be hard to unlock the potential of women and engage them in all areas of the economy in 2021 and beyond. At its core, gender lens investing is the practice of investing for financial returns while considering the benefits to women, both through improving economic opportunities and social well-being for girls and women. A report by McKinsey & Company said that if women’s economic empowerment is improved in Vietnam, the country's GDP could gain $40 billion each year by 2025. In fact, women empowerment results in gender balance in investing, generating critical benefits for the economy. According to a survey by the International Finance Corporation, gender-balanced funds realised an excess net internal rate of returns (IRR) of 1.7 percentage points more than male- or female-dominated funds, controlling for vintage, geography, and strategy. When normalised for the median net IRR of emerging market funds (-8 per cent), the performance of gender-balanced funds is approximately 20 per cent higher than funds of male or female-dominated teams. This positive correlation holds across investment strategies and geographies, as well as when controlling fund size. Portfolio companies with gender-balanced leadership teams had a 1.64-time increase in their step-up valuations. When annualising the growth in valuations and benchmarking against peer portfolio …

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Ao dai (Vietnamese traditional dress) brings out the elegance and strength of Vietnamese women, and it always leaves a strong impression on Russians, said Vera Mazhirina, a Russian journalist and photographer. Vera Mazhirina told the Vietnam News Agency that ao dai has demonstrated the tradition and culture of Vietnam. In the photo: Ao dai is on show at Tsarytsino Museum in Moscow. (Photo: Vera Mazhirina/VNA) Vera Mazhirina said ao dai brings out the elegance and strength of Vietnamese women, and it always leaves a strong impression on Russians. In the photo: Ao dai is on show at Tsarytsino Museum in Moscow. (Photo: Vera Mazhirina/VNA) Vera told the Vietnam News Agency that ao dai has demonstrated the tradition and culture of Vietnam. In the photo: Ao dai is on show at Tsarytsino Museum in Moscow. (Photo: Vera Mazhirina/VNA) Ao dai is on show at Tsarytsino Museum in Moscow. (Photo: Vera Mazhirina/VNA) Vera had the idea of implementing a photo project on Vietnam’s fashion, saying it will mirror the beauty and the harmony in the characteristics of Vietnamese women through ao dai. In the photo: Vera Mazhirina at an exhibition, titled ‘Vietnam - travel through photos' that took place in Moscow in July 2020. (Photo: Tran Hieu/VNA) VNP/VNA …

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Hot weather in HCM City sickens more people More people have been hospitalised in HCM City due to the current hot weather. Since early this month, the average temperature in HCM City and the southern region has risen to 36-38 degrees centigrade. Doctor Nguyen Dinh Qui from HCM City Children's Hospital 2 said that since early March, more children were taken to the hospital. In February, around 4,000 children were hospitalised, but the figure increased to 3,600 in the first two weeks of this month. Dr. Tang Le Chau Ngoc, head of the hospital’s Gastroenterology Department, said that the ward has around 40-60 patients per day, including 15-20 hospitalised. Among those, 3-5 cases suffer from serious hypohydration. He mentioned a 17-month-old child who faced kidney failure after high fever and diarrhoea. According to Ngoc, the number of sick children to the hospital could continue rising in the coming days. The same situation has also been reported at HCM City Children's Hospital 1, particularly children with respiratory diseases. Thong Nhat Hospital in HCM City has seen more elderly patients. Nguyen Thi Thoa in District 10 said that she has been faced with dizziness and breathing difficulties. She was suspected of having symptoms of a stroke. HCM City Hospital of Dermato Venereology said it has also seen more patients with diseases such as allergy and pruritus. Doctor Nguyen Dinh Qui said that diseases related to digestive, respiratory and skin problems account for the highest rate of patients when the weather is hot. He advised that people should not change environments suddenly. People are advised to pay attention to protecting their health during hot weather. The hot weather has tended to expand to more localities in the southern region. Dr. Truong Quang Anh Vu from Thong Nhat Hospital said that the number of elderly people treated at the hospital increases around 5-10% per year. No new COVID-19 cases to report on March 21 morning Vietnam …

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