IMPLEMENTING POLICIES TO SUPPORT SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN THE MEKONG DELTA REGION, VIETNAM

Abstract

The Mekong Delta (MD) is a particularly important economic and cultural region in the southern region of Vietnam, comprising 13 provinces and cities. Therefore, if there are appropriate policies and strong enough support solutions for SMEs in general and SMEs in particular, this will create a great driving force to strongly develop the quantity, quality and scale of SMEs in the province; gradually increase the proportion of large-scale enterprises; form linkages, value chains, supply chains of key products. The article mentions a number of solutions to improve the effectiveness of implementing policies to support SMEs in the Mekong Delta region. Small and medium-sized enterprises play an important role in socio-economic development and actively support the development of large enterprises. However, SMEs often face limitations in capital, production technology, production premises, etc., so they require support policies. In conclusion, through analyzing the current status of implementing the SME policy in the Mekong Delta region, we can see that the implementation of this policy in localities still faces a number of causes that affect the results of policy implementation.