HCM City authorities are helping companies access new technologies by promoting linkages between researchers and businesses, but more collaboration is needed, speakers said on May 28 at a meeting in HCM City.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) with Viet Nam’s Government Office and the Ministry of Planning and Investment kicked off the USAID Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises project today in Ha Noi.
The Sourcing Fair for Supporting Industry with Buyers that opened in HCM City Wednesday seeks to enhance supply chain linkages in supporting industries, enhance direct connections between foreign and other manufacturing firms and Vietnamese parts suppliers.
Deputy PM has asked agencies to enhance linkages between cities and provinces nationwide and other countries to form a global network for the One Commune, One Product (OCOP) programme.
Vietnamese companies need to improve their production technologies and strengthen linkages with foreign companies to improve their competitiveness in both domestic and overseas markets.
Better supplier-buyer relations with multinationals located in Viet Nam would help small- and medium-sized enterprises gain access to electronics global value chains, experts have said.
Enhancing supply chain linkages is one of the key measures for the sustainable development of industry, including supporting industries, an expo heard in HCM City yesterday.
The Australian Government, through its Aus4Vietnam investment – Aus4Skills, on December 14 launched the pilot Logistics Industry Reference Council to promote industry linkages with vocational education and training in partnership with its Vietnamese counterpart.
The Department of Cooperatives and Rural Development on Monday signed an agreement with the Cooperative Union of Agriculture Consumption to develop production and distribution linkages for agricultural products.
Developing linkages between production and consumption of agricultural products would be the top priority for the sector for developing sustainably, a meeting heard in HCM City on September 22.
Provinces and cities in the Southern Key Economic Region should strengthen their linkages to enable the region to capitalise on its development potential, a seminar heard in HCM City on December 23.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the launch of the Viet Nam
International Linkages index 1995-2012 (VInterLink) to review the trends
in co-operation with nine strategic partners.