The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) officially rolled out a programme supporting the digital transformation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), called SMEdx, in Hanoi on January 29.

VOV.VN - The budget revenue structure has shifted towards a more sustainable model to meet the development and integration of the national economy, following goals set to raise the proportion of domestic revenue to 82% for 2016- 2020 and 85.5% by 2020, and reduce the proportion of revenue from import-export activities and crude oil exports.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved a legal assistance program for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the 2021-2025 period.

The Government has been urged to develop a legal framework for the Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development Fund in terms of direct lending, in addition to trust and indirect lending services provided through commercial banks, to provide broader access to soft loans by SMEs.

VOV.VN - More than 150 booths featuring a range of innovative solutions and products are scheduled to go on display at the Vietnam International Innovation Expo 2021 (VIIE 2021) which will be held from January 9-10, 2021, according to details released during a recent press conference.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam on December 22 signed a 5 million USD grant agreement, funded by the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), to support Vietnamese women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) whose access to finance has been weakened because of COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese sales on Amazon have exceeded the US$1 million mark this year, a figure that is three times the amount compared to the second half of last year, according to a report released by global e-commerce company Amazon Global Selling.

Measures to speed up digital transformation in health care, finance-banking and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were discussed at symposiums held on December 15 in the framework of the 2020 Vietnam Digital Transformation Day (DX Day 2020).

A forum on the linkage and investment opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9 as part of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises (USAID LinkSME) project.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), in cooperation with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), organised a policy forum entitled “Supporting small and medium enterprises impacted by COVID-19: Narrowing the gap from policy to implementation”, in Hanoi on December 8.