Imap Introduction

iMap is an interactive digital map of Vietnam’s social impact business sector, which includes social enterprises, impact businesses, and supporting organizations. Its goal is to connect responsible business activities to the market.

There are about 22,000 enterprises creating social impact, accounting for 4% of the business sector in Vietnam.

The imapvitenam.org digital map was made to help provide an overview of the social impact business area in Vietnam, give information, contact information, and introduce the products of each business making an impact on the map. The map should help policymakers figure out how big the business sector is and how much of an effect it can have on Vietnam’s economy and social development, especially on consumers. Users can easily look for business information to buy, and impact investors can find businesses to help, connect with, and invest in.

The Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CSIE) and the Irish Development Authority have worked together since 2018 to build and run the imapvietnam.org digital map (Irish Aid). As part of a strategic partnership between CSIE and VID, VID will run, manage, and run imapvietnam.org starting in 2021.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF JOINING IMAP?

  • Your business will be recognized by a reputable group as a responsible business.
  • Your organization will be better branded.
  • Your organization will be easy to find and linked to impact investors, responsible consumers, and other enablers.
  • Your organization will be easily found, connected with responsible consumers, with impact investors and other enablers.

HOW TO BECOME AN IMAP MEMBER?

  • All you have to do is sign in with your Facebook, Google, or Email address.
  • If you sign up as a public user, you don’t need to be verified.
  • If you sign up as a business user, the iMap team will contact you to make sure that the location of your iMap is corrected.
  • If you sign up as a business user, the iMap team will contact you to make sure that the location of your iMap is corrected.

HOW TO FIND BUSINESS THAT HELP PEOPLE?

  • You can look up things by: 
  • You can look up things by: 
  • Type of organization (social enterprise, social impact enterprise, support organization).
  • Field of business (multiple items can be selected).
  • Area of ​​impact (multiple items can be selected).
  • Country/city (select only one).

HOW DO YOU SUGGEST SOCIAL BUSINESS FOR IMAP?

  • Use the “Join map” button to sign up for or log in to iMap.
  • Create a new post.
  • Fill in the answers and submit.
  • The administrator of iMap will approve your post and send you an email to let you know.