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PREFACE
1. Neccessity of the research topic
In Vietnam, rural women are a major contributor to the
industrialization and modernization of agriculture and rural areas. With
accounting for more than 47% of the rural workforce, promoting roles,
including economic power, for rural women in Vietnam is an indispensable
requirement. However, at present, the position of rural women in Vietnam
in all areas of life, social relations and in the family has not been fully
promoted and their economic power is still limited.
In economic models in the agricultural and rural areas, the
cooperative economy, in which the cooperative model is an important
element. Cooperatives operate under the newly born and developed model
of cooperatives, bringing practical economic benefits to the members of the
cooperative. The development of the new-type cooperative model has
created opportunities for rural women to enhance their economic power in
terms of recognizing market needs, recognizing opportunities to access
resources and posibilities to develop of the new type of cooperatives,
thereby increasing income and role in families and communities. Through
the new-type cooperative model, the economic power of members,
including rural women, is promoted, confirmed and acknowledged.
There have been international studies on women’s economic power,
cooperative models. In Vietnam, there are studies on cooperatives, or on the
role of women in rural areas, which have provided a basic theoretical basis
for cooperatives, the role of rural women in the country development
process. However, within the range of documents that the author has access
to, there are no studies in Vietnam that analyze in depth the economic
