Chương 3 Nghị định 90/2001/NĐ-CP: Tổ chức xúc tiến phát triển doanh nghiệp nhỏ và vừa

Chapter III

SME DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION ORGANIZATIONS

Article 12.- Establishment of the Department for SME Development

To set up the Department for SME Development under the Ministry of Planning and Investment, which shall assist the Minister of Planning and Investment in performing the function of State management over SME development promotion.

Article 13.- The Department for SME Development shall have the following major tasks and powers:

1. To assist the Minister of Planning and Investment in orientating the SME promotion work: elaborating or participating in the elaboration of policies and legal documents on SME development promotion, and submitting them to the competent levels for promulgation; summing up the elaboration of support programs, making detailed lists of SMEs according to their business lines and operation fields and locations and contents of support; coordinating, guiding and inspecting the implementation of support programs after they are approved.

2. To organize training so as to improve the capabilities of personnel in SME support organizations and foster their operational skills in the promotion of SME development.

3. To effect international cooperation on SME development promotion through balancing resources and calling for outside capital sources to support SMEs.

4. To coordinate with relevant agencies and organizations in supplying necessary information to SMEs.

5. To coordinate with relevant SME-support promotion agencies and organizations in providing technical consultancy, approaching advanced technologies and equipment, guiding and organizing training courses on technical operation and management as well as enterprise management.

6. To submit biannual sum-up reports on development of SMEs as well as on to be-solved matters to the Minister of Planning and Investment for further submission to the Prime Minister.

7. To perform the task of standing secretary of the SME Development Promotion Council.

8. To carry out other State management activities regarding the SMEs development promotion, assigned by the Minister of Planning and Investment.

Article 14.- Organizational structure and operation regulation of the Department for SME Development

1. The Minister of Planning and Investment shall specify tasks, powers and organizational apparatus of the Department for SME Development. The staff and fund for operation of the Department for SME Development shall be decided by the Minister of Planning and Investment after reaching agreement with the Minister-Chairman of the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel and the Finance Minister in the spirit of employing staff of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in the course of its reorganization, ensuring that the Department’s apparatus is simple, efficient and meets the requirements of speeding up the SME development promotion in the new situation.

2. The fund for operations of the Department for SME Development shall be allocated by the State budget and incorporated in the Ministry of Planning and Investment�s annual State budget estimates.

Article 15.- Establishment of the SME Development Promotion Council

1. To set up the SME Development Promotion Council, which shall advise the Prime Minister on mechanisms and policies to encourage development of SMEs. The Council’s members shall operate on a part-time basis. The Prime Minister shall decide on the Council’s functions, tasks and membership at the proposal of its chairman.

2. The membership of the SME Development Promotion Council includes:

- Its chairman being the Minister of Planning and Investment.

- Its Standing Secretary being the director of the Department for SME Development.

- Representatives of the Ministries of: Planning and Investment; Industry; Finance; Agriculture and Rural Development; Construction; Communications and Transport; Trade; Science, Technology and Environment; Education and Training; Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; and Justice.

- Representatives of the People’s Committees of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong and Da Nang cities.

- Representatives of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Central Council of the Union of Vietnamese Cooperatives and a number of enterprise associations.

- A number of economic, scientific, technological and training experts.

3. The Council’s working regulations shall be decided by its chairman.

4. The fund for operation of the Council shall be incorporated in the fund of the Department for SME Development.

Article 16.- Establishment of the SME Technical Support Centers

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall set up the SME Technical Support Centers (under the Department for SME Development) in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city.

The SME Technical Support Centers are the public-service units with revenues, which have the function of advising the Department for SME Development and at the same time acting as the major consultants on technological and technical matters, renovation of equipment, guidance for technical management and maintenance of equipment, creating conditions for SMEs to approach new technologies and equipment.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall elaborate a scheme on organization and issue the Regulation on operation of these centers after reaching agreement with the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel and relevant agencies.

Article 17.- Promotion of SMEs in localities

The People�s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities shall promote the development of SMEs in their respective localities with the following major tasks:

- Orientating the SME promotion work; elaborating or participating in the elaboration of legal documents guiding the implementation of the Government’s, the Prime Minister’s and the Ministry of Planning and Investment�s regulations on the promotion of SMEs in localities. Summing up and elaborating the SME support programs; coordinating, guiding and inspecting the implementation of support programs after the approval thereof.

- Once every six months, making and sending the sum-up reports to the Ministry of Planning and Investment on situation of development of SMEs as well as problems to be settled.

- Coordinating with relevant ministries, branches and organizations in promoting the development of SMEs in their respective localities according to current regulations.

Article 18.- SME-supporting organizations

1. The Government encourages the establishment and consolidation of SME-supporting organizations under the agencies, socio-political organizations and socio-professional organizations in order to practically and efficiently implement the support programs.

2. The Government encourages and creates conditions for SMEs to join the existing enterprise associations and set up new associations and clubs of enterprises with a view to carrying out activities, including the attraction of overseas resources in order to provide practical and direct support with services on information, marketing for market expansion, training, technologies... to SMEs, thereby raising their production and business efficiency.

3. The ministries, branches and local People’s Committees shall have to regularly meet with SMEs and handle problems arising in their production and business activities; organize the collection of opinions of enterprise associations in the course of drafting legal documents related to SMEs.

4. The enterprise associations and clubs shall be organized and operate according to law provisions.