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According to the General Statistics Office, by the end of 2019 Vietnam had total 285.000 women-owned enterprises (24% of all business that is already operating). General Statistics Office indicated that, most of women's businesses (93,2%) %) are micro and small businesses and 79,2% operate mainly in the service industry. Due to limited resources, low financial capacity, lack of knowledge and skill about information & communication technology (ICT) and especially gender stereotypes in family and business, woman-led companies met and faced many obstacles and challenges. Besides, these obstacles made women-owned business cannot fully exploit their development potential.