Vietnam Starts EU-funded $365,553 Project to Support SMEs

The Vietnam Association of Small and Medium-sized enterprises (VINASME) has officially kicked off a project worth EUR247,000 ($365,553) to assist its members, the Voice of Vietnam said Tuesday. The project, part of the EU-Vietnam Multilateral Trade Assistance Project (EU-Vietnam MUTRAP III), aims help SMEs get involved in the national trade policies. Through the project, VINASME is expected to become a professional consultancy body for the government in building trade policies. The project will be carried out under the assistance by the European Commission in Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade