Banks in Ho Chi Minh City are focusing on measures to mitigate the difficulties faced by businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic and help them get back to health, a State Bank of Vietnam official has said.

The Government's 30% corporate income tax cut was a step in the right direction but it could have been more inclusive by offering support to small businesses that were in desperate need of cash due to the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said business leaders and industry experts.

Vietnamese logistics firms, especially small and medium-sized ones, need to get up to speed on digital transformation to enhance their competitiveness if they want to enter global markets after the pandemic ends, experts have said.

The 13th forum on cooperation – connectivity for the development of enterprises in the northern region took place in Hoa Binh on October 4.

VOV.VN - More than 70,000 businesses, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individual traders, have either suspended operations or scaled down production during the past nine months due to COVID-19, affecting over 31 million employees.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to roll out a second COVID-19 aid package worth VND12 trillion (US$517 million) exclusively for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations (HUBA) on September 24 launched a digital transformation programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to help improve their competitiveness.

Vietnamese businesses have promoted their high-quality products to Bulgarian importers and distributors at an online conference on September 10-11.

VOV.VN - The Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) held a press briefing on August 21 introducing the “GOOD GOODS JAPAN” exhibition to enhance trade links between consumer goods enterprises from the two countries.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a plan to implement the European-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which originally came into force on August 1.