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ADB, TPB Sign $25 Million Loan to Finance Women-led SMEs in Viet Nam.

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ENPNewswire-January 12, 2022--ADB, TPB Sign $25 Million Loan to Finance Women-led SMEs in Viet Nam

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Release date- 11012022 - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $25 million loan with Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPB) to expand access to finance of women-owned and led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Viet Nam.

The project is also cofinanced by DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) for $25 million.

The loan is accompanied by a $750,000 technical assistance grant to help TPB better meet the needs of WSMEs. The grant will be used to build TPB's capacity to lend to WSMEs, hire staff, and promote its services to female borrowers. It will also enable TPB to use digital systems to analyze the underserved WSME market. The grant is funded by the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi).

'We are very pleased to partner with TPB and We-Fi to support WSMEs, which are important channels to increase women's participation in Viet Nam's economic development,' said ADB's Director General for Private Sector Operations Suzanne Gaboury. 'COVID-19 has severely affected many businesses, and initiatives such as this loan and grant will support particularly underserved female borrowers by helping TPB develop systems and procedures to improve their access to finance.'

As of 2018, the majority of businesses in Viet Nam are classified as small and medium-sized enterprises, supporting 38% of the country's employment and generating 40% of gross domestic product. But their access to finance is still a challenge, with only 37% of WSMEs able to obtain loans from banks, according to a 2017 study.

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