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Italy funds project on technology transfer
Opportunities are open to Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to receive transfer of technology from Italian partners in a 3 million Euro project funded by the Italian Government.
The project, co-sponsored by the Enterprise Development Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), kick-started in 2009 to tap potential of enterprises from the two countries.
Italian Ambassador Andrea Perugini said at a workshop in Hanoi on June 16 that Italian business circles have advantages in product designing and quality as well as marketing skills and mastery of technology in various industries. Meanwhile Vietnamese enterprises can offer abundant workforces and low-cost labour, he pointed out.
These elements have revealed a prospect of win-win cooperation, said the Italian diplomat, adding that Italian enterprises would take this opportunity to effectively transfer technology and experiences to Vietnamese partners.
Nguyen Trong Hieu, Deputy Director of the Enterprise Development Department, said through this project, Vietnamese SMEs are expected to improve their designing and marketing techniques as well as management skills, diversify products, upgrade technology of production and quality examination as well as increase access and approaches to financial sources.
Apparel, leather and footwear, and wood processing industries have been selected as pilot for the project, Hieu added.
This is expected to help the Vietnamese Government successfully implement policies in favour of SMEs so as to increase their competitiveness and fully tap the positive factors emerging from the nation’s World Trade Organisation membership.
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