The third pillar of Australia's Aid Investment Plan 2015-2020 for Vietnam commits to 'Promoting women's economic empowerment, focusing on ethnic minorities'. This directly contributes to Gender Equality Strategy, specifically: enhancing women's voice in decision making, leadership and peace-building; and promoting women's economic empowerment; as well as indirectly supporting the third priority of ending violence against women. This program will support women starting businesses, building their skills to support taking on leadership roles. The program will target (but not limited to) female-headed households, in Vietnam's disadvantaged remote northern areas to break out of the cycle of poverty and become active participants in economic development. It will not target the poorest of the poor who may be better reached by social assistance measures; rather, it will aim to identify those who are already economically active, such as those women engaged with commune-level markets, and equip