THE PRIME MINISTER
------- No. 1231/QD-TTg | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
--------------- Hanoi, September 07, 2012 |
DECISION
APPROVING THE PLAN FOR DEVELOPING MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES 2011 – 2015
THE PRIME MINISTER
Pursuant to the Law on Government organization dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Government s Decree No. 56/2009/ND-CP dated June 30, 2009 on aiding the development of medium and small enterprises;
Pursuant to the Government’s Resolution No. 22/2010/NQ-CP dated May 05, 2010 on the implementation of the Government s Decree No. 56/2009/ND-CP dated June 30, 2009 on aiding the development of medium and small enterprises;
At the proposal of the Minister of Planning and Investment,
DECIDES:
Article 1.Approving the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises 2011 – 2015, in particular:
I. VIEWPOINTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
1. Developing medium and small enterprises is the long-term and consistent strategy of the Government, and the focal objective in the national economic development policy.
2. The State shall create a legal environment and favorable mechanism and policies of medium and small enterprises from all economic sectors to equitably develop and healthily compete in order to mobilize all resources for investment and development.
3. Medium and small enterprises must be positively and sustainably developed, toward improving the quality and increasing the quantity, achieving economic efficiency, protecting the environment, contributing to the employment creation and poverty alleviation, ensuring social security; medium and small enterprises must be developed compatibly with the conditions of each locality; rural industry and traditional handicraft are encouraged; concentrating on the development of medium and small enterprises in remote areas and impoverished areas; prioritizing the development of medium and small enterprises owned by the ethnics, women, or the disabled, etc.; supporting the medium and small enterprises investing in industrial development, ancillary services, and competitive industries.
4. Supporting medium and small enterprises aiming to accomplish the national objectives of economic-social development.
II.OBJECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
1.General objectives:
Increase the development speed and competitiveness of medium and small enterprises, create favorable and healthy environment for investment and business for medium and small enterprises to contribute ore in the economic development, enhance the national competitiveness and international economic integration.
2.Specific objectives
- The anticipated number of medium and small enterprises established during 2011 – 2015 is 350,000; 600,000 operating enterprises nationwide on December 31, 2012;
- The proportion of export from medium and small enterprises is 25% total export nationwide;
- Investment from medium and small enterprises accounts for 35% of total investment;
- Medium and small enterprises makes up 40% GDP and 30% total revenue of the State budget;
- Medium and small enterprises create more 3.5 - 4 million employments in 2011 - 2015.
3.Primary objectives:
- Complete and ensure the stability of the legal framework, improve administrative procedures in order to create an equitable, transparent, and clear environment for investment and business of medium and small enterprises;
- Make a breakthrough for medium and small enterprises to access capital, improve the use efficiency of loaned capital for medium and small enterprises;
- Supporting the development of research capacity; develop technologies; intensify technology transfer and innovation to improve productivity and quality of products, as well as competitiveness of medium and small enterprises. Accelerate the aiding programs, popularize and apply advanced technologies to medium and small enterprises, encourage technological sharing and cooperation between medium and small enterprises and large enterprises or foreign-capitalized enterprises. Encourage medium and small enterprises to participate in professional and regional cooperation program, and develop ancillary industry;
- Enhancing vocational training to provide competent human resources for medium and small enterprises. Concentrate on hi-tech training to convert the labor structure from manual labor to skilled labor, satisfying the demand for development of medium and small enterprises in the new age. Combine the solutions for human resources development for medium and small enterprises in national human resources development schemes. Encourage enterprises to establish, or cooperate with, vocational training to provide training and create employments. Comprehensively develop the labor market; develop the database system of the labor market, forms of communication in the labor market in order to connect the labor demand and supply;
- Solve the shortage of manufacturing space, enhance environment protection by making and publicizing land planning; create favorable conditions for developing industrial zones with appropriate scale and reasonable pricing for medium and small enterprises; aiding the move of medium and small enterprises that cause pollution and harm the environment from residential and urban areas to industrial zones.
- Establish the network of information system to provide legal documents on enterprise operation, policies and aiding programs for medium and small enterprises, and other information supporting the business of enterprises;
- Improve the efficiency in the cooperation in aiding the development medium and small enterprises, enhance the role of the Council of Development encouragement of medium and small enterprises; increase the capability of the localities to manage, expedite, and develop medium and small enterprises.
III.GROUPS OF SOLUTIONS
Group 1: Complete the legal framework for the participation, operation and, withdrawal of enterprises.
Group 2: Support the access to capital, credit, and improve the use efficiency of loaned capital for medium and small enterprises.
Group 3: Support the innovation and application of new technology for medium and small enterprises.
Group 4: Develop the human resources for medium and small enterprises, concentrate on improving the managerial capability for medium and small enterprises.
Group 5: Establish the industrial cooperation, facilitate the access to land for medium and small enterprises.
Group 6: Provide supportive information and expedite the market expansion for medium and small enterprises.
Group 7: Develop a system to aid the development of medium and small enterprises.
Group 8: Manage the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises.
Concentrate on the specific solutions as follows:
- Make the Support fund for medium and small enterprises;
- Boost the innovation of technology, concentrate on developing hi-technology to create new products modern devices, in particular: the National technological innovation program by 2020, The National hi-tech development program by 2020, the National product development program by 2020, experimental enterprise cultivation centers, experimental comprehensive development support model for medium and small enterprises in some disciplines;
- Expedite the economic cooperation and professional cooperation.
The details of the groups of solutions and the agencies in charge are specified in the Annex promulgated together with this Decision.
IV. IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION
For the implementation of the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises 2011 – 2015, the Ministries, agencies, and localities must combine the programs fro supporting medium and small enterprises with the national programs, projects, and target programs of relevant Ministries, sectors and localities to efficiently utilize the resources.
1. The Council of development encouragement of medium and small enterprises must:
- Monitor and supervise the implementation of the plans of Ministries and agencies, provide consultancy for the Prime Minister about the issues arising during the implementation of the plan.
- Propose the necessary changes and adjustments to the Prime Minister about the plans and groups of solutions that encounter difficulties during the implementation or that are unfeasible.
2. The Ministry of Planning and Investment must summarize the development plan for medium and small enterprises based on the plans of sectors and localities; control, monitor, and report the progress of the plan of Ministries and localities nationwide for supporting medium and small enterprises.
3. The Ministry of Finance shall be in charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in allocating budget to ensure the implementation of the solutions in the Plan for the development of medium and small enterprises as prescribed.
4. Ministries and sectors must effectively implement the solutions stated in the Plan according to their assigned duties and functions.
5. People’s Committees of central-affiliated cities and provinces must:
- Develop the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises, the detailed action plan, and the implementation itinerary; cooperate with Ministries and sector to accomplish the objective for developing local medium and small enterprises; dispose personnel and allocate annual budget to ensure the implementation of the Plan.
- Give missions to the Service of Planning and Investment and cooperate with relevant Services and agencies in implementing the Plan for developing local medium and small enterprises, send reports to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on the difficulties arising during the implementation for solutions.
- Send reports on the progress of the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises of the previous year before March 31 every year to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for summarizing and reporting as prescribed.
Article 2.This Decision takes effect on the day of its signing.
Article 3.The President of the Council of development encouragement of medium and small enterprises, the Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, the Presidents of People’s Committees of central-affiliated cities and provinces are responsible for implementing this Decision./.
| FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Vu Van Ninh |
ANNEX
ACTION PLAN FOR AIDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES 2011 – 2015
(Promulgated together with the Decision No. 1231/QD-TTg dated September 07, 2012 of the Prime Minister)
I. SOLUTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
Group 1: Complete the legal framework for the participation, operation and, withdrawal |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Improve the laws on administrative procedures related to enterprise registration and difficulty resolution during the implementation of the Law on Enterprise 2005 following a itinerary in conformity with the commitments in International Agreements to which Vietnam is a signatory such as: voting and the mechanism to protect the minor share holders; applying professional laws to particular cases; the discrimination between enterprises capitalized domestically and overseas; valuating contributed assets; applying for increasing or decreasing charter capital of joint-stock companies, etc. Supplement the provisions on licensing and charter capital control in order to enhance the management of medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Enterprise 2005 | 2012 - 2013 |
2. Amend the Law on Bankruptcy 2004 towards expanding the bankruptcy proceedings for all business subjects, regardless of individuals, households, or enterprises, guarantee the right to apply for carrying out bankruptcy, reduce the intervention of the State the bankruptcy process, improve the initiative and independence of the parties during the bankruptcy proceedings | The Supreme People’s Court | The Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Bankruptcy 2004 | 2014 |
3. Review, amend, and supplement the Law on Investment 2005 regardless of economic sectors and forms of ownership. Define the scope of application of the Law on investment. Separate the provisions on investment and on the establishment, organization, and management of enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Investment 2005 | 2013 |
4. Review, amend, and supplement the Decree No. 108/2006/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on investment, especially the issues related to the investment location in the application for the Investment certificate, the conditional investment sectors, the issuers about the transfer or investment project and capital | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 108/2006/ND-CP | 2012 |
5. Study and submit the Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Enterprise income tax to the National Assembly for promulgation, towards the uniformity in choosing subjects eligible for investment incentives according to this Law and the Law on investment 2005 | The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance | The Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Enterprise income tax | 2013 - 2015 |
6. Amend Law on export and import tax, the Law on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Value-added tax, the Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Accounting towards reducing tax rates, simplifying and facilitating enterprises in the application. | The Ministry of Finance | The amending and supplementary Laws | 2013 |
7. Amend and supplement the Law on Tax administration towards changing the frequency of tax declaration from 12 times per year to 4 times per year in order to reduce the fees for taxation administrative procedures for enterprises. | The Ministry of Finance | The Law on amending and supplementing the Law on Tax administration | 2012 - 2013 |
8. Review and amend the current legal documents on the customs in order to remove the difficulties with the formalities, the absurdities of the customs, ensure the conformity with international practice, facilitate the export and import of enterprises. | The Ministry of Finance | The amended Law on Customs | 2015 |
9. Promulgate Circulars to amend and supplement the accounting regime of medium and small enterprises to add new contents and methods of accounting, and amend the inconformable contents and methods of accounting | The Ministry of Finance | Amending and supplementary Circulars | 2012 |
Group 2: Support the access to capital, credit, and improve the use efficiency of loaned capital for medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Amend and compile new legal documents and Decrees related to the Law on Securities to encourage enterprises to make use of other capital raising methods such as bond issuance… to reduce the dependence on the credit market of banks | The Ministry of Finance | Laws, amending Decrees | 2015 |
2. Promulgate a Decision to supersede the Decision No. 193/2001/QD-TTg dated December 20, 2001 on the Regulation on the establishment and operation of the Credit guarantee fund for medium and small enterprises, and the Decision No. 115/2004/QD-TTg dated June 25, 2004, amending and supplementing the Regulation on the establishment and operation of the Credit guarantee fund for medium and small enterprises, promulgated together with the Decision No. 193/2001/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister. | The Ministry of Finance | Decision superseding Decision No. 193 and 115 | 2013 |
3. Accelerate the approval and execution of the Development fund for medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | Launch the fund to support medium and small enterprises | 2012 |
4. The State bank shall study and promulgate a mechanism and policies to encourage commercial banks to increase the outstanding debt | The State bank | Encourage commercial banks to increase the outstanding debt for medium and small enterprises | 2012 - 2013 |
Group 3: Support the innovation and application of new technology of medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Amend and supplement the Government s Decree No. 119/1999/ND-CP dated September 18, 1999 on some policies and financial mechanism to encourage enterprises to invest in science and technology activities; support up to 30% of the expense on research project of medium and small enterprises from the State budget; allow enterprises to extract up to 10% of pre-tax profit to the Science and technology development fund; encourage enterprises to spend on the study and development activities, and include the expenses on such activities to the valid expense of the enterprise. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | The amended and supplemented Decree No. 119/1999/ND-CP | 2012 |
2. Review the provisions on industrial property to facilitate the establishment of industrial property of enterprises. Amend the Circular on amending and supplementing the Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN, guiding the implementation of the Decree No. 103/2006/ND-CP dated September 22, 2006, detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on intellectual property applicable to industrial property; amend the Circular No. 01/2008/TT-BKHCN on industrial property verification. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | A Circular amending the Circular No. 01/2007/TT-BKHCN, and a Circular amending the Circular No. 01/2008/TT-BKHCN | 2012 |
3. Compile Circulars to guide the registration and management of subjects of industrial property created from the State budget in order to promote commercialization and development of intellectual property market | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Guiding Circulars | 2013 |
4. Circulars guiding the process of establishing and accrediting science and technology enterprises; Circulars guiding the tax incentives and incentives to use land provided for science and technology enterprises. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Guiding Circulars | 2012 |
5. Circulars guiding the determination of the value of research results, the transfer or research results and State-owned property to enterprises. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Guiding Circulars | 2012 |
6. Formulate the process of summary reporting on technology transfers; formulate provisions on guiding the contents and operation of advisory organizations about technology transfers in order to establish advisory organizations about technology transfers to serve the enterprises engaged in technology transfers. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Guiding Circulars | 2011 - 2012 |
7. Provide a mechanism to support the access to information about science, technology, and intellectual property sot that medium and small enterprises may access the information about inventions more efficiently to satisfy the requirements for production and technological innovation. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Complete the information source about inventions, translate the invention materials, purchase the databases about, industrial property, develop accessing tools. Complete the mechanism supporting the access to information of medium and small enterprises | 2012 - 2020 |
8. Promulgate a document to supersede the Decision No. 36/2007/QD-BTC dated May 16, 2009 of the Ministry of Finance on the Regulation on organization and operation of scientific and technological development funds of organizations, individuals, and enterprises, towards encouraging medium and small enterprises, organizations and individuals to create scientific and technological development funds in order to support medium and small enterprises in researching, applying, and innovating technology. | The Ministry of Finance | The new document to supersede the Decision No. 36/2007/QD-BTC | 2012 |
9. Establish enterprise cultivation centers in some prioritized disciplined, focusing on the innovation and development of competitive and eco-friendly products with high added value and | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Established cultivation centers | 2014 - 2015 |
Group 4: Develop the human resources, concentrate on improving the managerial capability for medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Efficiently support the training of human resources of medium and small enterprises as guided in the Joint Circular No. 05/2011/TTLT-BKHDT-BTC dated March 31, 2011 on supporting the training of human resources for medium and small enterprises; periodically carry out surveys to grasp the demand for human resources of medium and small enterprises, as the basis for changing the contents and methods suitable for the demand for human resources of medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment and units that provide training | Approximately 300,000 enterprises benefit from the training program. | 2011 - 2015 |
2. Review and combine the solutions for enhancing investment in vocational training and improving the human resources, especially technical training in the Schemes of Developing the labor market in Vietnam by 2020, innovating and developing vocational training 2008 - 2020, provide vocational training in rural area by 2020, and the Strategy for developing vocational training 2011 - 2020 in order to satisfy the demand of the market, the demand for expansion and development of enterprises. | The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs | The combined solutions for vocational training | 2011 - 2015 |
3. Complete and modernize the labor market information system; complete the national database of the labor market in 2012; collect, process, analyze, forecast, manage, and provide information about the labor market according to the levels, professions, and disciplines; develop the forms of labor market information, especially the official employment transaction on the labor market to connect the labor supply and demand; facilitate the employment of enterprises, suitable for the production and business requirements. | The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs | The complete labor market information system | 2011 - 2015 |
Group 5: Establish the industrial cooperation, facilitate the access to land for medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Accelerate the completion and approval of the Scheme of developing industrial groups and industrial parks together with developing ancillary industries, create a production network and a value chain. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment (Central Institute for Economic Management) | Approved schemes | 2012 |
2. Amend the Law on lend towards facilitating the access to clean land for production and business of enterprises. | The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment | The amended the Law on Land | 2013 |
3. Provide a mechanism to support medium and small enterprises in using the system of environment audit and ecology management to support enterprises in controlling environmental risks, conserving resources, and reducing expense for enterprises. | The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment | The Scheme supporting medium and small enterprises in using the system of environment audit and ecology management | 2012 - 2014 |
4. Study and develop a mechanism to support the move of medium and small enterprises that cause pollution by permitting enterprises to convert the right to use land from production land to residential land and commercial land in order to sell and defray the expense on moving. | The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment | The preferential mechanism is built, approved, and applied | 2014 |
Group 6: Provide supportive information and expedite the market expansion for medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Establish an information network to provide information about the legal documents on the operation of enterprises, the policies and programs aiding the development of medium and small enterprises, and other information supporting the business of enterprises. | The Government, Ministries, sectors, localities, and enterprises | Information about the supporting policies and programs updated on the electronic information portals of the Government, Ministries, sectors and localities | 2011 - 2015 |
2. Develop and upgrade the enterprise information portals as a source of information and knowledge to aid all stages of development of enterprises; establish a network to connect information about the development support provided for medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The information portals are upgraded and connected | 2012 - 2013 |
3. Make and publish annual publications of the Government to provide information about medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The white papers about medium and small enterprises annually published | Annually |
4. Encourage and support medium and small enterprises in participate in the National trade promotion program according to the Regulation on developing, managing, and implementing the National trade promotion program promulgated together with the Decision No. 72/2010/QD-TTg dated November 15, 2010 of the Prime Minister. Periodically assess the efficiency of the Program to grasp the demand of enterprises, as the basis for appropriately amending and supplementing the mechanism. | The Ministry of Industry and Trade | Medium and small enterprises are supported in participate in the National trade promotion program. The proportion of medium and small enterprises participating in the Program increases. | 2011 - 2015 |
5. Study and promulgate documents in accordance with the itinerary to allow a certain number of medium and small enterprises to provide some goods and services for the market of public expenditure. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Prime Minister’s Decisions | 2012 - 2013 |
6. Enhance the online bedding to encourage and facilitate the access to information of medium and small enterprises | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | Increase the number of medium and small enterprises participating in online bidding | 2012 - 2015 |
Group 7: Develop a system to aid the development of medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Compile the Scheme for developing the Law on promoting the development of medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Scheme is complied and submitted to the Government | 2014 |
2. Develop and execute the Scheme for enhancing the capability of implementing policies on developing medium and small enterprises. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The Scheme is developed and executed | 2012 - 2013 |
3. Develop and submit the Scheme for consolidating and enhancing the State management of the development of medium and small enterprises at local Services of Planning and Investment. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment/ localities | The approved Scheme for consolidating and enhancing the State management of the development of medium and small enterprises | 2012 - 2013 |
4. Make an experimental model for comprehensively supporting medium and small enterprises in some certain sectors. The model shall be first deployed in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city, and then popularized in other localities. Prioritize the enterprises that have potential for developing and investing in competitive products, new technical equipment, and technological innovation. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | Make the experimental model | 2014 - 2015 |
Group 8: Manage the Plan for developing medium and small enterprises |
Contents | Agency in charge | Result | Period |
1. Develop a framework to monitor and assess the implementation of the 5-year Plan for supporting the development of medium and small enterprises 2011 – 2015. | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | The monitoring and assessing framework is developed and applied | 2012 |
2. Collect statistics data about medium and small enterprises by scale, ownership, and gender, create favorable conditions for monitoring, assessing, and supporting medium and small enterprises, for formulating policies and programs form medium and small enterprises. | the Ministry of Planning and Investment (General Statistics Office) | The collected database | 2012 |
3. Formulate the plans for developing local medium and small enterprises, concentrate on the solutions and budget, include in the annual and 5-year budget estimates of Ministries, sectors and localities. | Ministries, sectors, and People’s Committees of central-affiliated cities and provinces | The formulated plan | Annually and 2015 |
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II.GROUPS OF SOLUTIONS IN FORMS OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FOR SUPPORTING MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES
No. | Name | Target | General description | Agencies in charge | Budget (billion VND) | Period |
1 | Activities of training human resources for medium and small enterprises | Enhance the skills, especially enterprise management, for medium and small enterprises | Ministries, sectors, localities, and associations shall directly or appoint eligible organizations to provide courses in commencing and managing enterprises for medium and small enterprises as prescribed | - The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall summarize the training demand - The Ministries, People’s Committee, associations, and eligible service providers are in charge of providing courses for medium and small enterprises | - Central budget: estimated 250 billion VND - Local budget: 80 billion VND - Raised from, enterprises and sponsors: 50 billion VND | 2011 -2015 |
2 | Scheme for providing a mechanism for the cooperation of schools and enterprises in training human resources | The Scheme for providing a mechanism for the cooperation between schools and enterprises in training human resources | Provide a mechanism for expanding the cooperation between schools and enterprises in training human resources, technology transfers; encourage the establishment of training facilities in large enterprises | The Ministry of Education and Training | | 2012 |
3 | Activities of information support for medium and small enterprises | Provide diverse and multidirectional information for enterprises; participated by 30% of enterprises nationwide; regularly used by approximately 15,000 enterprises | Survey the demand for information supporting the operation of enterprises. Comprehensively upgrade the enterprise information portals; connect with websites and information portals of Ministries, sectors and localities | The Ministry of Planning and Investment | - Central budget: 50 billion VND - Local budget: 20 billion VND - Other sources: 10 billion VND | 2012 - 2015 |
4 | Interdisciplinary legal supporting program for enterprises 2010 - 2014 | 95% of enterprises regularly access legal information; provide training for 65,000 enterprise managers; 97,000 legal affairs experts in enterprises 2010 – 2014; 80% of enterprises in impoverished localities are given legal consultancy | Provide training in legal knowledge for enterprise managers and legal affairs experts; create a consultancy network (lawyers, legal consultants, and legal collaborators) in impoverished localities | The Ministry of Justice | 190 billion VND: the State budget: 170 billion VND (central budget: 135 billion VND, local budget: 35 billion VND) Contributed by agencies, organizations and enterprises: 20 billion VND | 2011 -2014 |
5 | National Industrial encouragement program | Mobilize the domestic and overseas resources to participate in industrial production and industrial encouragement services in rural areas; develop industry in rural areas at the same speed as the whole country. | Encourage the development of industrial medium and small enterprises, contribute to the increase of industry proportion in rural area, increase export, create employments, shift the economic and labor structures in rural areas. | The Ministry of Industry and Trade | 400 billion VND | By 2020 |
6 | Program for supporting medium and small enterprises for develop the interdisciplinary connection in the value chain in agriculture and rural areas | Raise the competitiveness, productivity and product quality for medium and small enterprises in Vietnam | Create the interdisciplinary connection in the value chain in agriculture and rural areas | Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry | 45 billion from the State budget, enterprises, and sponsors | 2012 - 2015 |
7 | Program for raising capability of medium, small, and extra-small enterprises owned by female 2011 - 2015 | Broaden the knowledge of enterprise management for businesswomen | Deploy the advisory and training programs, support medium, small, and extra-small enterprises owned by females in finding clients and expanding the market through trade promotion programs and market connection activities; raise the quality of products/services. | The Council of Businesswomen of Vietnam | 35 billion from the State budget, enterprises, and sponsors | 2011 - 2015 |
8 | National technological innovation program by 2020 (approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No. 677/QD-TTg dated May 10, 2011) | The number of enterprises doing technological innovation increase by 10% per year; 30,000 engineers, technicians, and managers of medium and small enterprises are trained in technological management and updated on new technologies | Support enterprises in applying information technology and create an information system for managing resources and advertising; create a database about new technologies; support enterprises in researches, experimental production, and application of advanced technologies | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Sources: The National technological innovation fund; the State budget, enterprises | 2010 - 2020 |
9 | Intellectual property development support program 2011 – 2015 (approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No. 2204/QD-TTg dated December 06, 2010) | - Satisfy 70% demand of enterprises and providers of science and technology services for raising the awareness of intellectual property; 50% of demand for intellectual property protection of enterprises | Support the establishment, utilization, management, protection, and development of intellectual property of enterprises; support the formulation and application of the process for managing scientific research products and results of enterprises; support the program and protection of intellectual property. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Sources: the State budget | 2011 - 2015 |
10 | National hi-tech development program by 2020 (approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No. 2457/QD-TTg dated December 31, 2010) | Develop 200 enterprises providing hi-tech products and services; 80 agricultural enterprises applying hi-tech in key economic region; develop 30 hi-tech cultivation center | Support the research, experimental production, and cultivation of hi-tech, and cultivation of hi-tech enterprises; support the application, production, and provision of hi-tech products and services; support the training of leaders of enterprises engaged in hi-tech disciplines | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Sources: the State budget; ODA, other lawful sources | 2010 - 2020 |
11 | Program for raising productivity and quality of products of Vietnamese enterprises by 2020 (approved by the Prime Minister in the Decision No. 712/QD-TTg dated Mays 31, 2010) | 100% central-affiliated cities and provinces implement the program | Raise the productivity quality of local key products and goods; Guide enterprises to obtain information about quality standards, technical regulations, and industrial property; support enterprises in replacing obsolete technologies, applying advanced technologies, and mastering the technologies transferred from abroad | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Budget: mainly the capital of enterprises, supported by local budget and other lawful sources | 2010 - 2020 |
12 | Program for supporting medium and small enterprises in applying the advanced management system according to national and international standards 2011 – 2015 (being completed and submitted to the Prime Minister for promulgation) | 680 medium and small enterprises receive financial support for the development and application of advanced management system; each province or city must support 10 – 10 medium and small enterprises | Develop and complete the system of legal documents, provide training, and organize propagation; support the expense on consultancy and recognition for medium and small enterprises in the development and application of advanced management system; | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Budget: mainly the capital of enterprises, the advisory and recognizing expense is partly supported by local budget; other lawful sources | 2012 - 2015 |
13 | The National product development program by 2020 | Create and develop the Vietnamese products; enhance technology transfers; adopt, master, And apply technologies in key economic, industrial and technical disciplines; raise the technological innovation capability of enterprises and national technological potential | The 3 primary contents of the program: study and develop national products on the basis of accomplishing science and technology objectives, create competitive and lucrative products; experimentally produce national products, create leading enterprises in producing national products; commercialize products and develop the market; create an economic-technical discipline based on the national products. | The Ministry of Science and Technology | Budget for investment and development, ODA, foreign aid, credit capital from the Development Bank of Vietnam and commercial banks, budget of enterprises; funds and other lawful sources | 2011 - 2020 |
| Estimate of budget for supporting medium and small enterprises 2011 – 2015, excluding the technological innovation programs. | 1,130 billion VND | 2011 - 2015 |
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