Chương 2 Nghị định 56/2009/NĐ-CP: Chính sách trợ giúp

Chapter II

ASSISTANCE POLICIES

Article 7. Financial assistance

1. The State encourages the establishment of credit-guarantee funds for small- and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Finance shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with concerned agencies in, formulating a mechanism for establishment and operation of credit guarantee funds and submit it to the Prime Minister for decision, and shall guide the operations of credit guarantee for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

2. The State Bank shall assume the prime responsibility for. and coordinate with concerned agencies in. proposing the Prime Minister to promulgate incentive mechanisms and reserve a number of technical-assistance projects to enhance the capacity of appropriate financial organizations to expand credits to small- and medium-sized enterprises; to diversify products and services suitable to small- and medium-sized enterprises and provide financial consultancy and investment management assistance services and other assistance services to small- and medium-sized enterprises.

3. Via training assistance programs, the State shall assist small- and medium-sized enterprises in raising their capacity to formulate business projects and schemes to meet the requirements of credit institutions when appraising capital-borrowing dossiers of these enterprises.

4. Establishment of the Fund for development of small- and medium-sized enterprises

a/ Operation purposes: To finance assistance programs to raise the competitiveness of small-and medium-sized enterprises, attaching importance to supporting activities of renewing and developing products which are highly competitive and environment-friendly; to invest in the renewal of technical equipment and in advanced technologies; to develop support industries; and to raise business administration capability.

b/ Capital sources of the Fund for development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (called the Fund for short): State budget allocations; capital contributed by domestic organizations; aid and funds provided by foreign organizations, international organizations; profits from the Fund's operations and other lawful sources.

c/ Main activities:

- To receive, manage and use domestic and foreign financings for carrying out activities to assist the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises in accordance with law.

- To provide funds for assistance programs and projects on raising the competitiveness, technical and technological capability and business administration capability for small- and medium-sized enterprises, to be implemented by ministries, branches, localities or business associations after they are approved by competent authorities.

- To entrust credit institutions to provide preferential loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises with feasible investment projects in domains prioritized and encouraged by the State, which are conformable to the purposes of the Fund's operations.

d/ The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance, the State Bank and concerned bodies in. formulating a scheme on establishment of the Fund and submit it to the Prime Minister for consideration and approval; and shall ensure that the Fund operates for right purposes.

e/ The Ministry of Finance shall promulgate the Regulation on financial management, inspection and supervision of financial activities of the Fund.

Article 8. Production grounds

Based on their respective publicized socio­economic development master plans and land use planning and plans already approved by the Prime Minister, the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities shall reserve land funds and apply measures to encourage the construction of industrial parks and complexes for lease to small- and medium-sized enterprises as business and production grounds or the relocation thereof from inner-city areas to ensure urban beauty and environment.

Article 9. Renewal and raising of technological capability and technical level

1. Through various assistance programs, the Government shall apply assistance policies suitable to the strategies and domains prioritized for economic development in each period as follows:

a/ To encourage investment in the renewal of technologies and technical equipment according to the development strategies and to expand production of small- and medium-sized enterprises with regard to exports and support-industrial products.

b/ To raise the technological capabilities of small- and medium-sized enterprises via assistance programs on technological research and development for production of new products, technological transfer and scientific-technical application to production.

c/ To introduce, or supply information on, technologies, equipment to small- and medium-sized enterprises, assisting them in appraising and selecting technologies.

2. The National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development shall annually set aside an amount to support small- and medium-sized enterprises in technological renewal, raising their technological capability.

3. The Ministry of Science and Technology and provincial-level People's Committees shall formulate plans and allocate funds to assist small-and medium-sized enterprises in intellectual property registration, protection and transfer with regard to their products and services, applying the quality management systems under ISO standards and other international standards.

Article 10. Market expansion promotion

1. Annually, ministries, branches and localities shall formulate plans and allocate funds for market expansion-promoting activities for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

2. The state management agency for national trade promotion shall annually reserve a part of the national fund for trade promotion for small-and medium-sized enterprises and notify implementation results to the state management agency for assistance to the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, defined in  Article 15 of this Decree.

Article 11. Participation in plans on procurement and provision of public services

1. The Government and provincial-level People's Committees shall set aside certain funding proportions for small- and medium-sized enterprises to perform contracts or orders for a number of commodities or public services.

2. The Prime Minister shall promulgate mechanisms to encourage small- and medium-sized enterprises to participate in the supply of products and public services at the proposal of the Ministry of Finance.

Article 12. Information and consultancy

1. The Government, ministries, branches and provincial-level People's Committees shall supply via their portals information on legal documents governing activities of small- and medium-sized enterprises; policies and programs on assistance to their development and other information in support of their business activities.

2. Within 30 working days before materializing policies and programs on assistance to the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises, the sponsoring agencies shall post up information on such policies and programs on the enterprise information portal of the state management agency for assistance to the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises defined in Article 15 of this Decree for public information.

3. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall mobilize domestic and foreign resources for upgrading the enterprise information portal, aiming to supply and connect information on assistance to the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

4. The Government encourages domestic and foreign organizations to provide counseling services to small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Article 13. Assistance in human resource development

1. The Ministry of Planning and investment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned bodies in. guiding the formulation of plans on assistance in human resource development for small- and medium-sized enterprises, focusing mainly on business administration.

2. Plans on assistance in human resource training for small- and medium-sized enterprises of ministries, branches and localities will be incorporated into their annual and five-year socio-economic development plans.

3. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall assume the prime responsibility for summing up the demands for training assistance to small- and medium-sized enterprises, serving as a basis for the Ministry of Finance to balance and arrange support funds in the annual budget plans of ministries, branches and localities.

Article 14. Enterprise nursery

1. The State encourages the establishment of enterprise nurseries to provide definite supports for enterprises in their initial period according to a prescribed process and in a systematic way through providing nursed enterprises with space, business support services and necessary human resources in order to help them materialize and commercialize their business and technological ideas.

2. The Ministry of Science and Technology shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with concerned agencies in. formulating incentive policies for small- and medium-sized enterprises to participate in "technological nurseries" and "technological enterprise nurseries."