Soline Linh Le, Strategic Board Member, Vietnam Dental Tourism, Vietnam

Today’s episode is with Soline Linh Le from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I’ve met many entrepreneurs who wear many hats but Soline takes the cake. She is an entrepreneur, a university lecturer, a woman leader, a community developer and a gender equality advocate. Most of all, she is an ecosystem developer and her story will explain how she did it.  She first had the idea to start her business, Vietnam Dental Tourism when foreign friends commented positively about visiting Vietnam for dental treatments.  Paying attention to this, she realized that dentistry could be a way to grow tourism, a sector she was deeply familiar with. She brought together dentistry players and tour operators in Vietnam to create a medical tourism business to attract foreign tourists and American Vietnamese. But that’s not all. The dental industry creates waste and she wanted to tackle the waste issue. Dental businesses were slow to adopt technology and she wanted to help them speed up their digital adoption.  So it was not just about entrepreneurship but building a sustainable ecosystem with the right players while adding sustainability, digital adoption and gender equality to the mix. We also spoke about her passion for paying it forward through her community involvement for Vietnamese women and her 3Es concept, her studies in Switzerland and the ecotourism role she took up in Uganda and why despite it all, Soline chose to return to Vietnam. Her story is fascinating as well as compelling.  For the full show notes, visit WomenpreneurAsia.com This episode is sponsored by Redbox Studio. If you've enjoyed the show, please rate and review our podcast!