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Better supplier-buyer relations with multinationals located in Vietnam would help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) gain access to electronics global value chains, experts have said.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP TPP) will bring in huge economic benefits for Vietnam, as according to a new World Bank report released on March 9.

A new study has found that only 37 percent of women-owned SMEs in Vietnam have accessed bank loans in the last two years, compared to 47 percent of male business owners.

The need to bring about some degree of parity between foreign-invested and domestic firms while fostering increased linkages was highlighted at the Vietnam Business Forum held on June 16 in Hanoi.

Indonesia and the Republic of Korea are developing environmentally friendly small-medium enterprises (SMEs) or green businesses that emphasize efforts to reduce emissions in product processing, reported local media.

The Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp Malaysia) together with other relevant agencies carried out 60 outreach programmes nationwide this year.

The Red River Delta province of Thai Binh is expected to increase its number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by 1,350 between now and 2015 in a bid to step up the development of these types of businesses and raise their contribution to provincial growth and economic restructuring.

Concerns over high inventory occurred from 2012 did not stop Vietnam's PC market from recording solid year-over-year growth in the first quarter of the year.