There was a 20% increase in co-working space in HCM City driven primarily by some large new premium centres in the downtown area, according to property consultancy Knight Frank Vietnam.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam affirmed the Party and State’s special attention to the Vietnamese business community while meeting with a delegation of the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (VINASME) in Hanoi on August 22.

Malaysia's digital investment rose to 66.22 billion MYR (14.93 billion USD) in the first half of the year, surpassing 46.2 billion MYR of the whole of last year, a Malaysian official has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a meeting between permanent Government members and the executive committee of the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Hanoi on July 6 to seek solutions to challenges facing SMEs.

The People's Committee of southern Tra Vinh province will support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the province from 2022 to 2025 with a total budget of 88.5 billion VND.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has provided a 100 million USD long-term loan for the Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) to increase the private sector’s contributions to green and sustainable growth in Vietnam.

The Cambodian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has issued two main measures to solve the current issues faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

The Indonesian Government on May 11 released a regulation on an economic recovery programme worth 318 trillion Rp (21.28 billion USD) which focuses on capital injections for State-owned enterprises and loan subsidies for small businesses, among others.

Millions of labourers in Southeast Asia could lose their jobs as economies grind to a halt due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

The Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) announced a record consolidated pre-tax profit of 10.3 trillion VND in 2019 (447 million USD), exceeding 9 percent of the yearly plan and up 12.3 percent compared to 2018.

Finaxar Vietnam, Indovina Bank and Cathay Financial Holdings have announced a partnership to improve access to financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

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.

More efforts should be made to boost administrative reform in the banking system to further facilitate access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises.

Myanmar President U Htin Kyaw called for efforts to achieve durable internal unity and establishment of a democratic federal republic through the platform of the 21st Century Panglong Peace conference.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will splash out over 46.5 billion VND (2.04 million USD) on developing local small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with 40.6 billion VND (1.78 million USD) coming from the non-refundable aid of the Canadian Government.

The 24th APEC Finance Ministers’ Meeting – the most important event of the APEC Finance Ministers Process - opened in Hoi An ancient city in the central coastal province of Quang Nam on October 21.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Pham Quang Vinh introduced the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017 hosted by Vietnam at the fifth annual Asian Architecture Conference recently held in the US.

Creating encouraging polices and a clear legal system is crucial to attracting investment to innovative start-ups, according to a Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) official.

The 24th APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting (SMEMM), which took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15, has issued a Joint Statement on fostering SMEs development in the region.

The 45th meeting of the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Working Group kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.