Eco-tone

SMEs to get support from eco-consulting centre

VietnamNet
Last update : Last update 07:00 | 27/06/2013

Excerpt : Eight small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ho Chi Minh City will be chosen to receive eco-business consulting services from the ASEM Eco-Innovation Consulting Project for SMEs.

Sponsored by the ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Centre (ASEIC), the project aims to strengthen the green competitiveness of SMEs in ASEM-member countries, especially in developing countries, by disseminating and utilising green management and technology in their business.

In 2011, ASEIC launched its first ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Consulting Project for 33 SMEs in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam. It offered consulting services for 32 different SMEs in those four countries last year and for 40 SMEs in five countries this year.

Hyun Ae An, manager of ASEIC's Green Business and Technology Support Department said 16 SMEs in northern Vietnam, which took part in the project in 2011 and 2012, have improved their environmental awareness as well as production efficiency.

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