Tag: USAID

ESG Initiative Vietnam 2024, co-launched by USAID and MPI, continues on from previous programs and aims to promote sustainable business practices among private enterprises and implement an ESG assessment framework.

Key areas in three-year-old program include AI, cloud computing, product development, and smart factories.

Financial limits and lack of knowledge among reasons hindering the digitalization process at female-owned businesses.

Analysts at the “Removing policy barriers to implement the PPP Law” seminar, organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in cooperation with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), proposed a number of solutions to four issues affecting the “vitality” of the Law.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed an MOU on June 8 on cooperation to reduce pollution and climate change in the Mekong Delta and to help Vietnam accelerate its transition to clean energy. The two sides will pursue common development goals such as reducing plastic waste and other types of pollution, improving solid waste management, reducing emissions in agriculture, and promoting the development and deployment of renewable energy at the central level and in urban areas.

Provincial economic management around Vietnam continues to improve as administrative reform makes positive changes and efficiency increases at local levels.

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Planning and Investment launched a project on January 18 to help improve private sector competitiveness. The project will be deployed over five years, with a total budget of $36 million, and aims to support 5,000 small-sized and developing businesses in Vietnam’s private sector.

USAID (US Agency for International Development) has worked with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to conduct the Workforce for an Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem (WISE) Program. Activities will last over two years with total sponsored capital of $2 million from USAID.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and LinkSME (Linkages for Small and Medium Enterprises - a project sponsored by the US Agency for International Development) announced on July 22 a support package for building a digital transformation roadmap for enterprises. A hundred enterprises will be chosen to receive support and become success stories for others to follow.