The minister said that the report has prompted the Ministry of MSMEs to move toward the formation of a task force for the protection and empowerment of MSMEs in Indonesia, adding that the planned task force would be empowered to take action against those involved in the distribution and sale of counterfeit goods.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Agency for Enterprise Development (AED) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) approved the Improving Private Sector Competitiveness (IPSC) project in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on October 31.

The Indonesian government has focused on the recovery of micro-, small- and medium-scale enterprises (MSME) that significantly contributed to driving national economic growth, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto has stated.

Seeking solutions to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) take advantages of free trade agreements (FTAs) was a topic of a workshop held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.