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USAID assists Vietnamese businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emission

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in coordination with the Enterprise Development Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, organised a training workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29, aiming to provide information relating to greenhouse gas reduction as well as offering solutions to businesses.
USAID assists Vietnamese businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emission ảnh 1Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA)

HCM City (VNA) - TheUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID), in coordination withthe Enterprise Development Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment,organised a training workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on June 29, aiming to provide informationrelating to greenhouse gas reduction as well as offering solutions to businesses.

The session is partof the project “Improving Private Sector Competitiveness”, with a budget of 36 million USD funded by USAID.

The five-year project, which started in 2021, focuses onbuilding business management capacity and strategies for small and growingbusinesses (SGBs); improving productivity and trading performance via promotinginnovation and application of technologies; improving business environment tocreate favourable conditions for enterprises and overall economic growth; andstrengthening business-to-business and interagency linkages.

It aims at providing technical and financial assistanceto 5,000 SGBs to improve their performance; supporting 240 SGBs to successfullyparticipate in domestic, regional and international markets; and offering overallor special support packages to 60 pioneer businesses to create products withadded value./.

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