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.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group – will provide another US$40 million for the Orient Commercial Bank (OCB) to help with the support of COVID-hit clients, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The Ministry of Planning and Investment together with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) co-organised a conference in Hanoi on July 24 to assist enterprises in developing sustainable supply chains for better growth of business community.

Vietnam’s labour market has bounced back quickly after the social distancing period, according to Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, who also expects it to return to the first-quarter level in the July-September period.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is a potential market for German small and medium enterprises (SMEs), said Mario Ohoven, president of the German Mittelstand Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (BVMW) at a recent webinar.