The Startup Viet Nam Foundation (SVF) has launched the Co4Growth (Collaboration for Growth) information and support service centre, which aims to provide free online support for Vietnamese businesses in the complicated developments of COVID-19.

Co4Growth is within the framework of the ‘Rapid Recovery and Response’ programme implemented globally by the Youth Business International (YBI) with the support of google.org, which focuses on supporting Google’s community volunteer activities.

Co4Growth is a digital hub where business owners can find essential information, tools, and opportunities contributed by experts, organisations and agencies. Simply put, Vietnamese entrepreneurs, especially young ones and businesswomen and those heavily affected by the COVID-19 crisis, can take advantage of the e-centre and accompanying services in order to find mentors, courses, information on loans, investments, sponsorships, as well as exchange events organised by domestic and international partners.

The global Co4Growth programme is expected to provide assistance to more than 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in a total of 32 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific so that they can rebound and effectively respond to the impact of COVID-19.

SVF is a non-profit organization that aims to influence the sustainable economic development of Viet Nam through innovation and entrepreneurship while YBI is a global network of expert organizations in more than 65 countries that help underserved young people turn their ideas into successful businesses, create jobs and improve communities.

Reporting by PHONG LAN- Translating by A.T