20-01-2021 06:45
With many small- and medium-sized enterprises having difficulties accessing financial resources to improve their capability, the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises Development Fund under the Ministry of Planning and Investment is aiming to meet their greater financing needs.
18-02-2020 15:00
Small- and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam looking to develop new capabilities will now get a leg-up from business loans provided by Military Bank, Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank, and BAC A BANK. However, lenders are warned to keep an eye on the risks of financing these firms.
06-10-2017 10:05
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must improve their transparency to enable them to access banking credits, experts said at a conference on Thursday.
12-09-2017 11:38
With Vietnam hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings this year, domestic small- and medium-sized enterprises will get the golden chance in promoting trade and investment. However, in the midst of current difficulties, new business opportunities are hoped to come.
26-04-2017 15:00
In a bid to facilitate the development of private startups, the Law on Supporting Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises will offer plenty of incentives and foster the establishment of private investment funds to provide them with loans.
14-10-2016 10:52
The Government's Small and Medium Enterprise Development Foundation (SMEDF) could provide support to startups in the form of venture capital and crowd funding, according to a draft decision.
23-04-2016 11:30
The Ministry of Planning and Investment launched the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund on Aprill 22. Hoang Thi Hong, director of the fund, talked to VIR’s Mai Phuong about how the fund would support its beneficiaries.
06-08-2024 21:50
Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint-Stock Bank (SHB) has been recognised for its social impact finance and small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) partnership initiatives.
27-09-2022 22:20
Vietnam and India hold great potential for cooperation in establishing supply chains following COVID-19, which has seriously affected both economies over the past two years due to disruptions in regional and global supply chains, according to Indian analysts.
25-07-2019 09:10
An unprecedented joint China-Russia bomber patrol over disputed territory off the coast of South Korea and Japan was a "massive development" in their bid to challenge US influence in the region, analysts said Wednesday (Jul 24).
31-12-2020 08:00
The Ministry of Planning and Investment has been carrying out its task as the foremost economic advisor and key policymaker of Vietnam with potent support from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). In a talk with VIR’s Nguyen Huong, USAID/Vietnam mission director Ann Marie Yastishock highlighted that innovation, along with science and technology, will be the backbone of the economy and a major content of the two bodies’ cooperation moving ahead.
10-02-2020 09:19
Access to resources was vital for the development of of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
10-06-2019 16:00
Hundreds of Italian entrepreneurs joined Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte in his official June 5-6 visit to Vietnam to seek co-operation opportunities, with an eye on raising two-way trade turnover up to $6 billion next year and as much as $10 billion in the long-term.
23-02-2019 15:00
The role of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in today’s business landscape cannot be ignored. In the Asia Pacific region, SMEs not only account for the majority of employment and job creation, they make significant contributions to GDP in many related markets.
12-03-2019 10:59
The management board of the small- and medium-sized enterprise development project in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh (SME Tra Vinh) has revealed it will spend VND70 billion (US$3 million) to support provincial SMEs this year.