Chương III Nghị định 80/2021/NĐ-CP: Hỗ trợ công nghệ, thông tin, tư vấn và phát triển nguồn nhân lực

Chapter III

ASSISTANCE IN TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION, COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Article 11. Technological assistance for SMEs

1. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the value of the advisory contract for digitalization of the enterprise in terms of business processes, administration processes, manufacturing processes, technological processes and conversion of business model but not exceeding 50 million VND/contract/year for each small enterprise and not exceeding 100 million VND/contract/year for each medium enterprise.

2. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the cost of leasing, buying solutions for digitalization for automation, improvement of efficiency of business processes, administration processes, manufacturing processes, technological processes in the enterprise and conversion of business model but not exceeding 20 million VND/year for each micro-enterprise; not exceeding 50 million VND/year for each small enterprise and not exceeding 100 million VND/year for each medium enterprise.

3. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the value of the advisory contract for establishment of intellectual property rights; management and development of products and services with protected intellectual property rights but not exceeding 100 million VND/contract/year/enterprise.

4. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the value of the advisory contract for technology transfer that is appropriate for the enterprise but not exceeding 100 million VND/contract/year/enterprise.

5. Ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces shall execute investment projects for provision of assistance for SMEs via construction of new incubation facilities, technical facilities, co-working spaces; purchase, install equipment, laboratories, information technology systems for incubation facilities, technical facilities, co-working spaces to assist SMEs.

Article 12. Information assistance for SMEs

1. SMEs may access the information specified in Clause 1 Article 14 of the Law on Provision of Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises free of charge on SME Assistance Portal and websites of Ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces and the country.

2. Ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces shall be provided with accounts on SME Assistance Portal in order to provide the information specified in Clause 1 Article 14 of the Law on Provision of Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises; monitor and update information about assistance for SMEs in accordance with Article 29 of the Law on Provision of Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises. Assisting organizations, enterprises, other organizations and individuals that wish to provide information, interact and connect with participants on SME Assistance Portal may apply for provision of accounts. Accounts on SME Assistance Portal shall be managed thereon.

3. SME Assistance Portal shall be developed, maintained, operated by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and connected with websites of other Ministries, ministerial agencies, governmental agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces in order to provide the information specified in Clause 1 Article 14 of the Law on Provision of Assistance for Small and Medium Enterprises and other information requested by enterprises, organizations and individuals.

4. The funding for development of information infrastructure and software serving operation of the SME Assistance Portal shall be provided from public investment capital in accordance with regulations of law on public investment and other lawful funding sources (if any).

The funding for upgrade, maintenance, management, operation of SME Assistance Portal, collection and addition of information to the SME assistance database shall be provided from regular expenditure budget in accordance with regulations of law on state budget and other lawful funding sources (if any).

Article 13. Counseling for SMEs

1. Counselor network

a) The counselor network shall be development on the basis of existing or new counselors and counseling organizations that are operating under relevant laws following these principles:

Counselors shall have qualifications and experience that meet the demands of SMEs and requirements of the Ministry or ministerial agency with which he/she registers.

Counseling organizations shall satisfy the conditions specified by relevant laws, meet the demands of SMEs and requirements of the Ministry or ministerial agency with which it registers.

b) Application for participation in the counselor network

For individuals, an application shall contain: the application form; CV; certified copies of qualifications and relevant documents issued by competent authorities.

For organizations, an application shall contain: the application form; certified copies of the Certificate of Enterprise Registration or Establishment Decision; competency profile; certified copies of profiles of counselors in the organization; certified copies of documents proving fulfillment of business conditions (in case of restricted business lines).

c) The applicant shall submit the application specified in Point b of this Clause, whether directly or online, to the units assigned to organize the counselor network of the Ministry or ministerial agency (hereinafter referred to as “receiving unit”) in order to be admitted to the counselor network and announced on the website of the Ministry or ministerial agency within 10 working days.

In case an applicant is not qualified, the receiving unit shall send a notification to the applicant, whether directly or online, within 10 working days from the day on which the application is received.

A counselor or counseling organization may participate in counselor networks of multiple Ministries and ministerial agencies all conditions and criteria are satisfied.

d) After being admitted to the counselor network and announced on the website of the Ministry or ministerial agencies, the counselor shall access www.business.gov.vn to register participation in the counselor network database and start to provide counseling for SMEs in accordance with this Decree.

dd) The funding for Ministries and ministerial agencies to develop, operate, manage and maintain their counselor networks, funding for training and development of counselor networks shall be part of their annual funding for provision of assistance for SMEs and other lawful sources of funding (if any).

2. Counseling contents

SMEs will receive counseling about personnel, finance, manufacturing, sale, market, internal administration and other contents relevant to their business operation (except counseling about administrative procedures and legal advice according to relevant laws) as follows:

a) 100% of the value of the advisory contract but not exceeding 50 million VND/year/enterprise for micro-enterprises, not exceeding 70 million VND/year/enterprise for women-owned micro-enterprises, micro-enterprises with high female employment and micro-enterprises that are social enterprises;

b) Reimbursement of up to 50% of the value of the advisory contract but not exceeding 100 million VND/year/enterprise for small enterprises, not exceeding 150 million VND/year/enterprise for women-owned small enterprises, small enterprises with high female employment and small enterprises that are social enterprises;

c) Reimbursement of up to 30% of the value of the advisory contract but not exceeding 150 million VND/year/enterprise for medium enterprises, not exceeding 200 million VND/year/enterprise for women-owned medium enterprises, medium enterprises with high female employment and medium enterprises that are social enterprises.

Article 14. Assistance in development of human resource for SMEs

1. Assistance in direct training in entrepreneurship and business administration

a) Reimbursement of 100% of the total cost of a training course in entrepreneurship and up to 70% cost of a training course in business administration for SMEs;

b) Exemption of tuition fees for employees of SMEs in extremely disadvantaged areas, women-owned SMEs, SMEs with high female employments and SMEs that are social enterprises who participate in business administration courses.

2. Assistance in online training in entrepreneurship and business administration

a) Exemption of fees for access and participation in existing lectures on the online training systems of the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the People’s Committees of provinces. SMEs may access these online training systems at appropriate times. An online training includes an online training administration platform, online training platform and online lectures.

The funding for the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the People’s Committees of provinces to develop, maintain and upgrade the online training system; carry out surveys into the demand for online training; publicize, advertise the online training systems to SMEs shall be part of the annual budget for provision of assistance for SMEs of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the People’s Committees of provinces and other lawful sources of funding (if any).

b) Exemption of fees for participation in online training courses, direct interaction with SMEs via existing teaching tools on smart devices of participants (Zoom Cloud Meeting, Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and other tools).

3. Assistance in direct training at SMEs in the field of production and processing

a) Reimbursement of up to 70% of total cost of a training course at each SME but not exceeding 01 course/year/enterprise;

b) Reimbursement of 100% of total cost of a training course at women-owned SMEs, SMEs with high female employments and SMEs that are social enterprises but not exceeding 01 course/year/enterprise;

4. Assistance in vocational training

Assist in covering the cost of training employees of SMEs when they participate in fundamental vocational training courses or any training course that lasts not more than 03 months. Other costs shall be negotiated by the SMEs and their employees. Employees who participate in the training courses must have been working for the SME for at least 06 consecutive months.