UNIDO in vietnam

ITPO expects to assist Viet-Nam within the framework of the UNIDO Project “Assistance to Establish the National and Provincial SME Support Infrastructure in Vietnam”. The purpose of the Project is to upgrade and strengthen export-oriented SME clusters/company networks and industry associations for twinning with Italian SME clusters/company networks and related industry associations and to facilitate business partnerships between selected Vietnamese and Italian enterprises.

Given the increasing level of Italian interest in Vietnam as an investment destination and to support the internationalization of SMEs through linkages between Vietnamese and Italian enterprises, the Project’s second phase will focus on cluster development and business matching between Vietnamese and Italian companies.

In preparation for this work, a delegation, led by the General Director of the Agency for SME Development and his deputy, accompanied by the UNIDO Project Advisor, took advantage of  the opportunity to discuss and evaluate cooperation and support possibilities with ITPO Italy in view of the forthcoming second phase of this project. During their mission to Italy the Vietnamese representatives had the opportunity to establish direct contacts with many leading Italian institutions in addition to UNIDO ITPO  to get acquainted with Italian industrial development policies and districts.