VOV.VN - While large enterprises have actively participated in the green transition, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which account for 97% of all businesses in Vietnam have been slow to engage in this transformation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to push beyond their limits and strive for growth at a Government conference with the group on February 27.

Completing legal policies to support the development of national enterprises in Vietnam is not only an urgent task, but a decisive factor in achieving industrialisation and modernisation.

The Korea-Vietnam Global Technology Transfer Partnership Day opened at COEX Trade Centre in Seoul on November 26, with the signing of some business agreements expected between Korean small and medium enterprises (SMEs) exporting technology and Vietnamese companies seeking technological solutions, the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs) and Startups convened the first meeting of their bilateral cooperation committee in Hanoi on August 28, aiming to enhance collaboration between the two countries' SMEs and startups.

Along with the 4th Industrial Revolution, e-commerce has become an inevitable trend serving as a tool for businesses to diversify channels and methods to swiftly seek buyers, partners, and orders, towards creating breakthroughs in trade in the global race, according to insiders.

About 25 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the Republic of Korea will visit Vietnam next month in the hope of furthering business ties.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has called on the Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ) and the Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) to continue supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

A workshop on investment-business connections with Vietnam was held in Seoul on May 22, opening a series of activities to support the global development for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) held by the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS).

After declining in the first two months of this year, credit of the banking industry in March increased by 0.26% compared to the end of 2023 to about VND13.6 quadrillion, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) reported.