According to the government’s report, since more than 81 percent of the country’s public companies have charter capital of over VND30 billion, the revision thus will affect only a minority of firms.

Vietnam is among the top countries attracting FDI in the Asia-Pacific region, but the rate of domestic SMEs participating in the value chains of foreign-invested companies is rather low.

Instead of turning their back to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they did in the past, commercial banks are approaching enterprises despite problems in accounting and collateral.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade held a ceremony on Wednesday in Da Nang to release the Viet Nam Import-Export Report 2018.

Only a few Vietnamese enterprises have become vendors that supply components and accessories to multinationals, though Vietnam has vowed to develop supporting industries.

The National Assembly’s economics committee warned that the target of developing 1 million businesses by 2020 may be unattainable, especially as barriers hindering businesses still exist and the number of dissolved businesses is on the rise.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese SMEs are using e-commerce to export products at reasonable costs.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are expected to be the key clients and biggest beneficiaries from financial apps provided by fintechs.

Chatbot, a computer program which conducts conversations via auditory or textual methods, an important product of artificial intelligence, is being used widely by Vietnamese businesses.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government needs to take action to reduce the size of the informal economic sector, economists say.

VietNamNet Bridge - Complicated administrative procedures and weak financial and management capability are why business households do not want to become enterprises.

Small and medium sized firms are being crushed and elbowed out in the increasingly fierce competition to become a supermarket supplier.

 Vietnamese SMEs share a common wish that the upcoming APEC meetings will provide a platform for them to better connect with similar enterprises in member economies.

National Assembly (NA) deputies said promulgating the Law on Support for Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) was an urgent task during a discussion on the draft law yesterday.

With their limitations in terms of capital, management, technologies and brand building, Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) need support to stay afloat amid the country’s global integration, 

 VietNamNet Bridge –Only 3% of bank loans have found their way to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and less than one-third of SMEs have gained access to credit,

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has submitted to the government a plan to lower the corporate income tax (CIT) rate to 17 percent for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Finance is drafting a proposal on corporate income tax applicable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the next five years. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Truong Thanh Duc, an arbitrator from the Viet Nam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), shares with Hai Quan (Customs) Newspaper his views on the draft Law on Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises. 

VietNamNet Bridge – Economic and management experts and National Assembly (NA) deputies have called for relevant agencies to quickly improve a draft law on support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)