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Objective

The long-term goal of the German Vietnamese SME Development Programme is stated as: “the SME Promotion Programme aims at improving the competitiveness of private small and medium enterprises in Vietnam”.

To this objective, the programme lays a strong focus on improving the enabling environment for SME development, especially the relevant framework conditions for successful SME business development, with a specific focus on provinces outside the major growth centres of the country.

Thereby, it contributes to the creation of employment and the securing of income for a broad part of the country’s population. It supports the reform efforts of the Vietnamese Government to strengthen the private sector as the engine of development, especially in regions outside the two growth poles Hanoi and HCMC.

Specifically, the Programme aims at the following objectives:

Policies and strategies contribute to an enabling business environment.
Public and private stakeholders in selected provinces implement essential promotional policies and activities.
Business and cooperative relationships between the stakeholders (production, processing, trade and services) of selected sub-sectors are strengthened.

Improve comprehensively the capacity of the IMS and relevant agencies in providing material testing and advanced technical services for industry development. Private SMEs use new and improved material testing and other specialized services (e.g. quality and environmental management).