Decree No. 55/2019/ND-CP on providing legal assistance for small and medium -sized enterprises.

This Decree deals with legal assistance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), responsibility of ministries, ministerial agencies, provincial governments, other authorities, organizations and individuals involved in the provision of legal assistance for SMEs.
“Provision of legal assistance for SMEs” means ministries, ministerial agencies and provincial governments’ acts of creating, managing, maintaining and updating law databases, establishing and implementing legal assistance programs with the aims of increasing SMEs’ knowledge and awareness of law, developing their habit of complying with law, minimizing legal risks and issues encountered by SMEs during their operation, and then improving the competitiveness of SMEs and effectiveness in law enforcement.
Authorities and organizations providing legal assistance for SMEs shall decide the provision of legal assistance in the following order of priority: a) Women-owned SMEs and SMEs using more women employees will be provided with legal assistance first if their applications for legal assistance are satisfactory; b) SMEs in which 30% or more of their employees are the disabled as defined in the Disability Law; c) SMEs that submit applications for legal assistance first shall be provided with legal assistance first if their applications are satisfactory.