Hanoi (VNA) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has selectedMVV Education’s two technologies, Consultant  Anywhere and Everlearn,to implement a COVID-19 business counseling andtraining programme for 500 women-owned  small- andmedium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam. 

The programme will focus on providing tools toimprove their capacity management capacity and skillsets to run theirbusinesses successfully during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It aims to give them training in various business aspects, financialadvisory services, and technical knowledge to mitigate the impact of theeconomic downturn. 

Components of the programme include recruitment with screening andregistration for WSMEs, business counseling using the Consultant Anywhereapp, offline and online training using the Everlearn platform, andmentoring with peer support using the team’s network.  

The training programme includes 12 modules, focusing on business and financialknowledge, building a business plan, action planning in HR management,operating costs management, and re-engineering products and customerservice, among others. All are expected to help enterprises  respondto the COVID-19 situation effectively.

In addition to strong technical capabilities, MVV has partnered with Women’sInitiative for Start-up Entrepreneurship (WISE) toprovide subject-matter experts in various fields. They are well-knownbusiness consultants with experience working with numerous authorities andglobal businesses.

The team is represented nationwide and has performedconsulting projects in most cities and provinces in Vietnam, many of them werefemale-owned small and medium-sized businesses.

MVV is a provider of business and capacity building solutions uniquelydelivered through multiple platforms that enable fully-integrated and seamlessonline and onsite interactions.

ConsultantAnywhere is the first consultation app in Vietnam that connects experts fromvarious fields with businesses. The app enables consulting services to bedelivered via smartphone from anywhere, anytime with easy scheduling, onlinepayment, and record-keeping with a video-call feature. On each counselling sessiondelivered on the app, depending on the issue, experts apply the appropriatemethodology to help the enterprise understand, assess, analyse, and arrive atappropriate action plans. The counselling schedule is flexible and setaccordingly to the needs of both parties and enterprises can providefeedback and rate experts transparently on the app.

Meanwhile, Everlearnis a learning experience management system that helps organisations conduct andmanage training more professionally, economically, and effectively. It islearner-centred and designed to maximise the learning experience, encourageparticipation, and enhance the learner’s engagement. Moreover, experts caneasily perform administrative tasks through the dashboard with full featuressuch as Course Administration, Training Content Management, Learning ResourceManagement, and Learner Management./.