BIDV has been awarded the prestigious UN Women 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs Award in the Innovative Financing category, becoming the first Vietnamese bank to receive this recognition.

The UN Women 2024 Asia-Pacific WEPs awards celebrate businesses that create corporate cultures aimed at promoting gender equality and empowering women. The awards also raise awareness and encourage more businesses to adopt the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) in their operations.

The 2024 award acknowledges BIDV's pioneering efforts in developing and implementing solutions that deliver sustainable value to women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs). This recognition highlights BIDV's commitment to advancing gender equality through innovative financial and non-financial investments, contributing to a just and sustainable future for all customers. Earlier, on 28 November 2024, BIDV was also honored by UN Women and the Vietnam Women Entrepreneurs Council (VWEC), the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) with innovative financing in Vietnam.

With a customer-centric approach, BIDV has continuously enhanced its modern product and service ecosystem and introduced competitive policies tailored for WSMEs. These initiatives aim to optimize customer experiences and comprehensively meet their needs.

BIDV has offered credit packages with competitive lending rates to support small and medium enterprises, including WSMEs, in expanding their businesses. The bank has also promoted the BIDV SMEasy digital platform, which provides comprehensive financial and non-financial solutions to SMEs.

Additionally, BIDV has supported WSMEs in enhancing their internal capacity, financial health, and competitiveness under the message of “Shining with WSMEs”.

In addition to these efforts, BIDV actively participates in and contributes to initiatives such as gender equality dialogues aimed at progress and success for women, forums supporting women-owned businesses in integrating into supply chains through sustainable development tools. BIDV also launched a cybersecurity handbook for women leaders and participated in the “Ring the Bell for gender equality” campaign.

BIDV’s companionship with WSMEs underscores the bank’s commitment to being a sustainable, reliable, and effective partner for customers, further solidifying its role as a leader in fostering gender equality and advancing women’s empowerment in the financial sector.