Support 50% of the cost of organizing training courses to improve technology level for small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial clusters?

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• On what criteria are small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in the value chain determined to support?
• Small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in industry clusters and value chains will be supported with 50% of the cost of organizing training courses to improve their technology levels?
• Guidance on implementation of cost support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in industry clusters, production and processing value chains in the coming time?

On what criteria are small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in the value chain determined to support?

Pursuant to Article 24 of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP stipulates as follows:

“Article 24. Criteria for determining value chains and selecting small and medium enterprises to join the value chain to support”

1. A value chain is determined when the following criteria are simultaneously met:

a) Producing and distributing products to consumers;

b) There are enterprises at the top of the value chain;

c) There are small and medium-sized enterprises that have the potential to supply products and services to leading enterprises in the chain.

2. Small and medium-sized enterprises participating in the value chain may be selected for support when they meet one of the following criteria:

a) Being the leading enterprise in the value chain;

b) Having contracts for purchase, sale, cooperation and association with leading enterprises in the chain;

c) Being assessed by the leading enterprise or agency or organization supporting small and medium enterprises as having the potential to become a supplier for the leading enterprise.”

Thus, to determine the value chain and select small and medium enterprises to participate in the value chain to support according to the above regulations.

Support 50% of the cost of organizing training courses to improve technology level for small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial clusters?

Small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in industry clusters and value chains will be supported with 50% of the cost of organizing training courses to improve their technology levels?

Pursuant to Article 25 of Decree 80/2021/ND-CP stipulating forms of support for small and medium-sized enterprises participating in industry clusters as follows:

“Article 25. Content to support small and medium-sized enterprises joining industry clusters and value chains

1. Training support

a) Support up to 50% of the cost of organizing a training course to improve the level of technology and intensive production techniques at the enterprise, but not exceeding VND 50 million/course/year/enterprise;

b) Support up to 50% of training costs for enterprise trainees when participating in intensive training courses according to the development needs of the industry and value chain, but not exceeding 10 million VND/student/year and no more than 03 students/enterprise/year.

2. Supporting capacity building to link production and business

a) Support 100% of the value of the consulting contract on comprehensive assessment of the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises in industrial clusters and value chains, but not exceeding VND 30 million/contract/year/enterprise;

b) Support 100% of the contract value of advanced technical consulting and improvement contracts for small and medium enterprises in order to improve production capacity, meet connection requirements, and become a supplier of enterprises. chain but not more than 100 million VND/contract/year/enterprise.

3. Information support, brand development, connection and market expansion

a) Free lookup information about events connecting with leading enterprises, the process of searching, determining the ordering needs of leading enterprises on the Portal and websites of leading enterprises. ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and provincial-level People's Committees;

b) Free to look up information about the system of national and international standards and technical regulations in the field of production and business of enterprises participating in cluster clusters and value chains on the Portal and websites of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, and provincial-level People's Committees;

c) Support up to 50% of consulting contract value for successful registration of accounts for selling products and services on international e-commerce platforms, but not exceeding VND 100 million/contract/year/enterprise;

d) Support up to 50% of the cost of maintaining accounts on domestic and international e-commerce platforms, but not exceeding VND 50 million/year/enterprise and no more than 02 years from the time the enterprise registers. successful account on international e-commerce floor;

dd) Support cost of venue rental, design and staging of booths, transportation of displayed products, travel expenses, meals and accommodation expenses for representatives of enterprises participating in trade fairs and exhibitions. commercial but not exceeding 50 million VND/year/enterprise for domestic events and not more than 70 million VND/year/enterprise for overseas events;

e) Support 100% of the value of the consulting contract on procedures for establishment, transfer, exploitation and protection of intellectual property rights in the country, but not exceeding VND 50 million/contract/year/enterprise;

g) Support 100% of the contract value of consulting, information search, product promotion, brand development of clusters and value chains, but not exceeding 20 million VND/contract/year/enterprise.

4. Consulting support on standards, technical regulations, measurement, quality

a) Support 100% of the consulting contract value for the enterprise to develop and apply basic standards but not exceeding 10 million VND/contract/year/enterprise; construction consultancy contract, application of quality management system, but not exceeding 50 million VND/contract/year/enterprise;

b) Support up to 50% of cost of testing instrument samples; expenses for verification, calibration and testing of measuring instruments and measurement standards; the cost of issuing quantitative stamps of prepackaged goods in accordance with technical measurement requirements but not exceeding 10 million VND/year/enterprise;

c) Support 100% of the cost of product certification in conformity with technical regulations but not exceeding 20 million VND/product/year/enterprise.

5. Support in carrying out the procedures for trial production, inspection, assessment and quality certification

a) 100% support for testing, inspection, assessment and certification of product and goods quality; cost of quality management system certification but not exceeding 30 million VND/year/enterprise;

b) Support up to 50% of the cost of ordering establishments, institutes, schools to research, test and develop products and services, but not exceeding 30 million VND/year/enterprise;

c) Support up to 50% of the cost of using equipment at technical establishments supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, but not exceeding VND 50 million/year/enterprise.”

Accordingly, small and medium-sized enterprises participating in industrial clusters and value chains will be supported with the expenses on a case-by-case basis as specified above.

Guidance on implementation of cost support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Vietnam participating in industry clusters, production and processing value chains in the coming time?

According to Article 18 of Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT, there are the following guidelines:

“Article 18. Supporting SMEs to join industry clusters, production and processing value chains”

SMEs participating in industrial clusters and value chains are supported according to the content and level of support specified in Article 25 of Decree No. 80/2021/ND-CP. Agencies and organizations supporting SMEs shall provide support according to the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 of this Circular and a number of specific provisions as follows:

1. Support for training at enterprises specified at Point a, Clause 1, Article 25 of Decree No. 80/2021/ND-CP: comply with Clause 4, Article 12 of this Circular.

2. Support SMEs' students to participate in domestic and foreign training courses specified at Point b, Clause 1, Article 25 of Decree No. 80/2021/ND-CP, including: tuition fees; document; eat; live; travel (including airfare).

The contents of the training courses follow the topics specified in Section 3, Appendix 3.1 of this Circular.

3. Support SMEs to maintain accounts on e-commerce platforms specified at Point d, Clause 3, Article 25 of Decree No. 80/2021/ND-CP: comply with Clause 2, Article 15 of this Circular. ”

Thus, the payment of support costs for small and medium-sized enterprises participating in industrial clusters and production and processing value chains shall comply with the above provisions.

Circular 06/2022/TT-BKHDT will take effect from June 25, 2022.