Khuong Le Van

Mr. Le Van Khuong serves as Director of The Assistance Centre for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) under Agency for Enterprise Development, Ministry of Planning & Investment (MPI) that is responsible for SMEs supporting, incubating and business creation.

He achieved a Master degree on Business Administration from Business School, National Economics University (NEU) and now Ph.D candidate on Economic Development from NEU. His current researches involve studies of SMEs policies, industrial clusters, global value chain, business incubation, business start-up, etc. He is also a visiting lecturer at Academy of Policy & Development (APD, MPI) and Business Administration Faculty of Foreign Trade University (FTU).

Over past 7 years, He performed as Head of SME Policy Section providing SME supporting policies, and being a team member in drafting SME supporting Law which creates favorable conditions and opportunities for potential SMEs in selected sectors to form competing enterprises on the advantages of Vietnam in the integration process.

He develops various projects for SMEs including value chains for SME development in Viet Nam; the management of private business groups in Viet Nam; policy for developing supporting industry to promote SMEs in Viet Nam; enterprises in the context of international economic integration etc