The development of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clusterswould help them raise their competitiveness and integrate into the worldeconomy, heard a two-day seminar that finished in the capital on Oct.21.
SME clusters are defined by the United NationsIndustrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) as being a geographicalconcentration of enterprises resulting from networking by sector.
SME clusters are commonly found worldwide but not in developing countries like Vietnam .
Over 90 percent of Vietnamese enterprises are SMEs and they have playedan important role in creating jobs, increasing incomes and contributingto the country's development. However, their competitiveness hasremained low.
Giovanna Ceglie, chief of UNIDO's Clustersand Business Linkages Unit said that it was necessary to create SMEclusters to raise the capacity of SMEs.
Throughcooperation with partners at a sectoral and geographical level,enterprises that produce and sell a range of related and/orcomplementary products can achieve collective efficiency and conquermarkets beyond their individual reach.
Deputy Minister ofPlanning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said the development of SMEclusters would also contribute to the growth of the country's supportingindustries.
Francesco Russo, chief technical advisor of aUNIDO project on SME cluster development, said that after researchingthe garment and textile, leather and footwear, and wood processing andfurniture sectors, it was found that low integration, poor design,marketing and management capacity, and restricted financial access werehindering the development of SME clusters in Vietnam .
Attendees proposed that the development of SME clusters should beconsidered a key priority in the country's SME development plan for the2011-15 period with a vision to 2020./.
SME clusters are defined by the United NationsIndustrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) as being a geographicalconcentration of enterprises resulting from networking by sector.
SME clusters are commonly found worldwide but not in developing countries like Vietnam .
Over 90 percent of Vietnamese enterprises are SMEs and they have playedan important role in creating jobs, increasing incomes and contributingto the country's development. However, their competitiveness hasremained low.
Giovanna Ceglie, chief of UNIDO's Clustersand Business Linkages Unit said that it was necessary to create SMEclusters to raise the capacity of SMEs.
Throughcooperation with partners at a sectoral and geographical level,enterprises that produce and sell a range of related and/orcomplementary products can achieve collective efficiency and conquermarkets beyond their individual reach.
Deputy Minister ofPlanning and Investment Nguyen Van Trung said the development of SMEclusters would also contribute to the growth of the country's supportingindustries.
Francesco Russo, chief technical advisor of aUNIDO project on SME cluster development, said that after researchingthe garment and textile, leather and footwear, and wood processing andfurniture sectors, it was found that low integration, poor design,marketing and management capacity, and restricted financial access werehindering the development of SME clusters in Vietnam .
Attendees proposed that the development of SME clusters should beconsidered a key priority in the country's SME development plan for the2011-15 period with a vision to 2020./.
