Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADB | Asian Development Bank | KOSGEB | SME Development Organisation of Turkey |
AED | Agency for Enterprise Development | LGF | Loan Credit Guarantee Fund |
APO | Asian Productivity Organisation | LURC | Land Use Rights Certificate |
ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations | MFI | Microfinance Institution |
BDS | Business Development Service | MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
CGF | Credit Guarantee Fund | MIC | Ministry of Information and Communications |
CIT | Corporate Income Tax | MOET | Ministry of Education and Training |
CRM | Customer Relations Management | MOF | Ministry of Finance |
ERC | Enterprise Registration Certificate | MOIT | Ministry of Industry and Trade |
ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning | MOLISA | Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment | MONRE | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment |
FTA | Free Trade Agreement | MOST | Ministry of Science and Technology |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | MPI | Ministry of Planning and Investment |
GDVC | General Department of Viet Nam Customs | NAFOSTED | National Foundation for Science and Technology Development |
GEM | Global Entrepreneurship Monitor | NATEC | National Agency for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation Development |
GSO | Viet Nam General Statistical Office | NATIF | National Technology Innovation Fund |
GVC | Global Value Chains | NEEC | National Entrepreneurship and Education Commission |
HCMC | Ho Chi Minh City | NPDP | National Productivity Development Programme |
HGF | High Growth Firm | NPL | Non-Performing Loan |
HNX | Hanoi Stock Exchange | NPTI | National Program on Technology Innovation |
HOSE | Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange | NSGE | National Strategy on Gender Equality |
ICT | Information and Communication Technologies | NSW | National Single Window |
IFC | International Finance Corporation | NTPP | National Trade Promotion Programme |
ILO | International Labour Organisation | NWBSP | National Women-led Business Start-up Programme |
IMF | International Monetary Fund | OECD | Organisation for Economic and Cooperation and Development |
IPO | Initial Public Offering | OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
IPR | Intellectual Property Right | PCG | Partial Credit Guarantee |
ISIC | International Standard of Industrial Classification | PCI | Provincial Competitiveness Index |
ITC | United Nations International Trade Centre | PE | Private Equity |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union | PIP | Performance Improvement Programme |
PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment | UNU-WIDER | United Nations University - World Institute for Development Economics Research |
PIT | Personal Income Tax | UPCOM | Unlisted Public Company Market |
PPP | Purchasing Power Parity | VASI | Vietnam Association for Supporting Industries |
RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment | VAT | Value Added Tax |
SBV | State Bank of Viet Nam | VC | Venture Capital |
SDBS | Structural and Demographic Business Statistics | VCCI | Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
SI | Supporting Industries | VDB | Viet Nam Development Fund |
SME | Small and Medium Enterprise | VECITA | Viet Nam Electronic Commerce and Information Technology Agency |
SMEDF | Small and Medium Enterprise Development Fund | VIETRADE | Viet Nam Trade Promotion Agency |
SOE | State Owned Enterprise | VINASME | Viet Nam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises |
STE | Science and Technology Enterprise | VND | Viet Nam Dong |
STEM | Science Technology Engineering Mathematics | VSIC | Viet Nam Standard Industrial Classification |
SSC | State Securities Commission | VWEC | Viet Nam Women Entrepreneurs Council |
TiVA | Trade in Value Added | VYF | Viet Nam Youth Federation |
TAC | Technical Assistance Centre | WBDB | World Bank Doing Business |
TEA | Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity | WBES | World Bank Enterprise Surveys |
TPO | Trade Promotion Organisation | WDI | World Development Indicators |
TVET | Technical and Vocational Education and Training | WED | Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Expert Panel |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | WEF | World Economic Forum |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme | WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation | WISE | Women’s Initiative for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization | WTO | World Trade Organisation |
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