center is in the modern business district of the vietnamese capital and it's here that the asean world economic forum is meeting never have so many southeast asian leaders attended the yearly event. vietnam's prime minister is promoting the region he says asean is already home to the world's largest economy digitalisation would drive growth further. we've been the world's factory until now that creates growth but now we'll see faster growth through innovative ideas it's in. the move. but the downsides of a technological revolution are also being openly discussed in hanoi millions of jobs could be at risk and inequality could rise especially for women. what we're seeing with the digital economy and as it grows is that the great strides that the as young countries have made in closing the gender gap is actually widening again. we're seeing that women have less access to the internet less access to mobile phones. every person should be able to afford a smartphone that's one of the demands here that today at least would give everybody access to the digital economy. this week marks ten years since the col

center is in the modern business district of the vietnamese capital and it's here that the asean world economic forum is meeting never have so many southeast asian leaders attended the yearly event. vietnam's prime minister is promoting the region he says asean is already home to the world's largest economy digitalisation would drive growth further. we've been the world's factory until now that creates growth but now we'll see faster growth through innovative ideas it's in. the move. but the downsides of a technological revolution are also being openly discussed in hanoi millions of jobs could be at risk and inequality could rise especially for women. what we're seeing with the digital economy and as it grows is that the great strides that the as you and countries have made in closing the gender gap is actually widening again . we're seeing that women have less access to the internet less access to mobile phones. every person should be able to afford a smartphone that's one of the demands here that today at least would give everybody access to the digital economy. now at the summit. by claridge caugh

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world economic forum in hanoy. i'm haslinda amin. ♪ haslinda: joining me to discuss the outlook for asean, the