Policies and Schemes for supporting Small and Medium sized Enterprises, Women-owned Enterprises in Vinh Long province

In order to support and develop businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises and women-owned enterprises, the People's Committee of Vinh Long province has issued a number of support programs and policies as follows:

1. Decision No. 3340/QD-UBND dated December 15, 2020 of the People's Committee promulgating the legal support program for small and medium-sized enterprises in Vinh Long province in the period of 2021-2026 with a number of objectives: The main objectives and contents are as follows:

(a) Objectives:

* General objective

- Implement synchronously and effectively legal support activities for businesses according to the provisions of Decree No. 55/2019/ND-CP dated June 24, 2019 of the Government on Legal support for small businesses and medium.

- Orientation of legal support activities for small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure the initiative and creativity of local agencies, departments, branches and district-level People's Committees in legal support for enterprises. Karma

- Improve the knowledge, awareness and habits of law compliance of enterprises, thimeby limiting risks and legal problems in business activities, helping small and medium enterprises in the province operate effectively. The results contribute to improving the competitiveness and efficiency of law enforcement organizations.

* Detail goal:

- Providing legal information for small and medium enterprises, creating conditions for enterprises to access and learn relevant legal information.

- To step up the propaganda, dissemination and training of business law knowledge for the contingent of cadres, civil servants and public employees who provide legal support for small and medium-sized enterprises at agencies. Functions, business managers, legal officers of enterprises and organizations with the function of providing legal support for small and medium enterprises.

- Organizing legal consulting activities, including: direct consulting for small and medium-sized enterprises, legal advice through forums, dialogues and othim consulting activities in accordance with the provisions of law. legislation to ensure 100% of consulting requests of small and medium-sized enterprises through the Program are resolved or recommended to the competent authorities for settlement.

(b) Main supporting content:

- Activity providing information.

- Activities of fostering legal knowledge for leaders and employees in charge of legal affairs of small and medium-sized enterprises; fostering legal knowledge for people working in legal support for small and medium enterprises.

- Legal consulting activities.

- Check and review legal documents.

c. Contact agency: Department of Justice

2. Decision No. 224/QD-UBND dated January 25, 2021 of the People's Committee on the promulgation of a plan of legal support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Vinh Long Province in 2021 with a number of objectives and The main content is as follows:

(a) Objectives:

- The legal support for small and medium-sized enterprises has a focus, has a limited time, is consistent with the goal of support and the ability to balance resources; ensuring publicity, transparency and efficiency; no overlap or duplicate.

- Focusing on direct and practical support to the legal support needs of enterprises, creating favorable conditions for enterprises to propagate, disseminate, consult and answer the law.

- Combine legal support activities for businesses with the implementation of othim programs and projects related to businesses in the province to ensure consistency in implementing solutions to support businesses. business to maximize all resources, avoid waste.

- Enhance the active and effective participation and coordination of provincial departments, agencies, branches and relevant organizations and individuals; especially encourage the active and active participation of enterprises in the organization and implementation of legal support activities for enterprises.

(b) Main supporting content:

- Updating, exploiting and using the national database of legal documents on the provincial electronic information portal

- Updating and posting judgments, court decisions, judgments and decisions of commercial arbitration; decide to handle the competition case; decisions on handling of administrative violations related to enterprises

- Updating and publishing the response documents of state agencies to the legal problems of small and medium enterprises in the process of applying the law.

- Disseminate legal documents for small and medium enterprises.

-  Activities of fostering legal knowledge for leaders and employees in charge of legal affairs of small and medium-sized enterprises; Fostering legal knowledge for people working in legal support for small and medium enterprises.

- Legal consulting activities.

- Check and review legal documents.

- Receive business recommendations and perfect the law.

(c) Contact point: Department of Justice

3. Resolution No. 10/NQ-HDND dated 7/7/2020 of the People's Committee on promulgating regulations on policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises in Vinh Long Province with a number of main objectives and contents. as follows:

(a) Objectives:

- The support must ensure publicity and transparency in terms of content, subjects, order, procedures, support level, in line with the support objectives and the province's ability to balance funding sources.

- In case a small and medium-sized enterprise simultaneously satisfies the conditions of different levels of support in the same support content under this Regulation and othim relevant provincial legal documents, the enterprise may Select the most profitable level of support.

- The support is carried out according to the principle of priority: Small and medium enterprises are owned by women, enterprises employ more female workers; small and medium enterprises converted from business households; innovative small and medium enterprises; Small and medium-sized businesses that apply for pre-qualification get first aid.

(b) Main supporting content:

- Support market expansion, trade promotion.

- Support human resource development.

- Support small and medium enterprises to convert from business households.

- Dossiers, order and procedures for enjoying investment support policies.

- Forward processing.

(c) Contact point: Provincial People's Committee

4. Decision No. 288/QD-UBND dated March 6, 2014 of the People's Committee approving the implementation plan of the national program on gender equality and for the advancement of women in Vinh Long Province in 2014  a The main objectives and contents are as follows:

(a) Objectives:

Continue to create a strong change in awareness in order to promote the whole society to change behavior to realize gender equality and for the advancement of women; gradually narrowing the gender gap and improving the status of women in some areas whime thime is still inequality or high risk of gender inequality, contributing to the successful implementation of 7 goals of the National Program on Equality gender in the 2011-2015 period. Ensure substantive equality between men and women in terms of opportunities, participation and enjoyment in the political, economic, cultural and social fields, and create favorable conditions for the development of gender equality. rapid and sustainable development of the province.

(b) Main supporting content:

- Propagation, dissemination and education of policies and laws on gender equality:

- Enhance capacity to carry out gender equality work

- Research, develop and develop services to support the implementation of gender equality

- Inspection and examination of gender equality

- Implementation of the National Program on Gender Equality.

- Implement gender disaggregated reporting and statistical data collection.

- Contents of implementation of the National Gender Equality Program projects from the central budget.

- Advise the Party committees and authorities at the same level on solutions to increase the percentage of women participating in Party committees at all levels for the 2015-2020 term, deputies of the XIV National Assembly and the People's Councils and People's Committees at all levels. term 2016 - 2021:

- Strengthen inter-sectoral coordination in order to well implement activities for the advancement of women and gender equality:

- Develop plans and implement propaganda and training activities to raise awareness on gender equality and for the advancement of women:

- Planning and implementing the inspection of activities for the advancement of women.

- Othim regular work.

- Expenses for implementation.

(c) Contact point: Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs

5. Business support/investment promotion website/portal:

Link to the web portal of Vinh Long Province. https://www.vinhlong.gov.vn

6. Online public service portal and electronic one-stop shop of the province/city: providing information on administrative procedures, business registration, social insurance, frequently asked questions, citizen guidance , enterprise.

Link to the portal: https://dichvucong.vinhlong.gov.vn

Email:  banbientap@vinhlong.gov.vn