This research aims to evaluate the current state of technology of enterprises in Vietnam in comparison with several countries in the AEC economic community, thereby to propose several recommendations to Vietnamese enterprises in order able to promote technology innovation activities, create competitiveness with enterprises in the region. Qualitative research methods are used through statistics and comparative descriptions from data collected from various sources: WEF, World Bank, CIEM, General Statistic Office. The study results show that Vietnamese enterprises still have many limitations in technology, originated from their small business scale (capital and labor), the current research capacity is still low, the funding for this activity is not high and the accessibility of the capital is still difficult. According to the Global Competitiveness Index, Vietnam's science and technology indexes are low compared to other AEC-developed countries including the availability of the latest technology; the acquisition of technology at the enterprise level; the capacity of improvement; quality of scientific research organizations..., which shall be a major barrier for Vietnamese enterprises to have to overcome to be able to create the competitiveness when entering the global market. From then on, the authors proposed solutions for two subjects, enterprises and government, to help Vietnamese enterprises to overcome this barrier.

Abstract
 1. Introduction
 2. Theoretical Basis
  2.1. Enterprises
  2.2. The Role of Technology and Innovation inthe Development of Enterprises
 3. The Status of Technology Management in Vietnamese Enterprises
  3.1. Overview of the Development of Vietnamese Enterprises
  3.2. The State of Technology Management inVietnamese Enterprises
 4.Technology Management Challenges of Vietnamese Enterprises in AEC countries  
 5.The Technology Management and Limitations of Vietnamese Enterprises
 6. Recommendations and Conclusions
 References

• Nguyen Anh Tuan(University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University) Corresponding Author
• Nguyen Minh Thanh(University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University)
• Tran Thi Loc(University of Economics and Law, Vietnam National University)