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A smart city project worth more than 4 billion USD invested by the Sumitomo – BRG joint venture is expected to commence in Hanoi in the first quarter of 2018.

SMEs in industrial production were urged to develop green growth strategies to improve business efficiency and protect the environment, experts said at a conference on November 29.

The innovative start-up conference and technology expo held in HCM City is expected to create new opportunities for Vietnamese and Finnish businesses, investors and universities in education and training, smart and innovative city and start-up innovation ecosystem building, said an official.

Increasing labour productivity is the key to the sustainable development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), experts have said.

Industry 4.0 is providing numerous challenges, besides opportunities, to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in joining global value chain, heard a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on October 23.

Start-up enterprises could seek a number of opportunities to apply latest technologies to reform their business models at a workshop held in Hanoi on October 10 as part of the TECHFEST 2017.

Most of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh are not yet aware of the social corporate responsibility and responsibility to protect the environment, according to a recent survey.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must improve their transparency to enable them to access banking credits, experts said at a conference on October 5.

Officials of many countries and international organisations have affirmed they consider Vietnam an important partner in Southeast Asia and Asia-the Pacific during bilateral meetings with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in New York on September 22.

Executives from startups and small and medium-sized enterprises participated in a conference titled “Access to capital for startups” in HCM City on September 21.

The US company Procter & Gamble hosted a workshop in Hanoi on September 6 to improve leadership of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

Instead of lending to large companies, more and more banks have started to lend to small businesses to hedge their risks.

A workshop took place in northern Hai Phong city on August 4 to provide information on loan access and methods of payment in international trade for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Inaccessibility to bank loans is one of the main factors that has prevented private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from further development, experts said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is drafting a decree to remove bottlenecks for rice export businesses, especially small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The National Assembly (NA) approved a draft law on support for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during the sitting on June 12.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will spend 55 billion VND (2.42 million USD), of which 51 billion VND (2.24 million USD) is funded by the Canadian Government, developing local small- and medium-sized enterprises in 2017.

The National Assembly Standing Committee gave feedback on the draft Law on Support for Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) during their fourth working session in Hanoi on October 6.

A Ministry of Planning and Investment fund will finance small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a total amount of 660 billion VND (29.3 million USD) this year, an official said.

A workshop was opened in Da Nang city on August 2 to learn about foreign experience in developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to seek to turn them into a growth momentum of the city.