The Situation of Small and Medium Enterprise Development in Vietnam

Abstract

In the period of 2010-2017, the number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Vietnam tended to be increased, accounting for about 98% of the total number of Vietnamese enterprises by the end of December 2017. Vietnam's SMEs are mainly private enterprises operating in the field of commerce and services as well as industry and construction, mostly concentrated in the Southeast and the Red River Delta. In the research period, micro enterprises had experienced a sharp increase in the loss rate, making the loss rate of the whole enterprise soar. In addition, SMEs were increasingly dependent on loans and especially small businesses had less access to bank loans as well as deferred purchase. However, Fixed-charge coverage ratio of SMEs had been improved and the gap between large enterprises and small enterprises had been narrowed.

Constructing Assessment Indicators Weight System of Digital Business Chinese Materials

“…According to Liao’s (2011) thesis, “A study on intermediate spoken communication course for business Chinese: Analysis, design, and implementation,” learners are highly affirmative of the teaching design for business Chinese oral communication, and this method allowed learners to accurately grasp the deeper meaning of speech acts, to cultivate capabilities of appropriate responses, and to immerse in real business Chinese situations. Vu (2011) found that the Vietnamese learners of Chinese have a strong demand for “business Chinese,” and they expect to study “authenticity” in business Chinese textbooks, as discussed in Vu’s thesis, “The Research about the need and development of business Chinese in Vietnam.” In connection with the assessment indicators for business Chinese materials, Chung (2018) constructed 43 evaluation indicators categorized into material content and design, based on 5Cs (Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities), for business Chinese textbooks. Liao (2019) adopted the Fuzzy Delphi method to construct 33 evaluation items, including learners’ needs, material content, teaching objectives, and audio and video presentation.…”