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Promoting and supporting the development of bilateral trade and investment between Australia and Vietnam
The West Australian Vietnam Business Council (WAVBC) promotes and supports the development of bilateral trade and investment between Australia and Vietnam. We are proud to have a pivotal function in providing invaluable business and cultural support to our members’ by encouraging cultural exchanges between the business communities of Western Australia and Vietnam.
The WAVBC actively co-ordinates an annual program of business seminars, networking, and social functions within Western Australia.
WAVBC Activities
The WA Vietnam Business Council hosted its first 2024 Spring Series Event on Thursday night at the Novotel Hotel in Perth. The event was very well supported and our two guest speakers Graham Rigo – Executive Projects – Blackstone Minerals and Mundi Puvanendran – Managing Director – Prime Global Logistics provided very informative presentations about the challenges they have faced in setting up and operating their respective businesses in Vietnam. Their presentations will soon be available on our website.
To kick off our 2024 Spring Series of Events we are very pleased to welcome two very special guest presenters. Setting up and running a business of any type in Vietnam will always present challenges for this event our guest presenters two opposite ends of the process.
Blackstone Minerals has 90% share in Ta Khoa (160kms from Hanoi) a modern nickel mine built to Australian standards that commenced in 2013, whereas Prime Global Logistics have only just opened an office in Ho Chi Minh City to support ….
The WAVBC Committee hosted the first WAVBC Social Networking Evening for 2024 at the Terrarium Bar in Perth on Wednesday night. The evening was well attended, and our members and friends were given an update of some of the key appointments and activities that have taken place already this year. They included:
· Appointment of Naomi Campbell as WAVBC Partnerships & Marketing Manager
· Appointment of Tuan Viet Nguyen – Our second WAVBC HCMC Ambassador….
Today in Ho Chi Minh City a ‘Cooperation Agreement’ was signed between the WAVBC and the Vietnam Business Club ASEAN Global (VNAG). With VNAG having over 2,000 members in Vietnam this now provides a great opportunity for the WAVBC to extend its B2B networks into Vietnam whilst also adding value to the WAVBC membership.
Vietnam News
Việt Nam makes bold step to improve business climate: VCCI report
The latest VCCI survey shows Việt Nam’s business climate has improved due to reforms, with better access to information, lower unofficial costs, and more efficient administration.
Regional specialty products week returns to HCM City after 2023 success
Some 320 businesses and cooperatives from 32 provinces and cities are showcasing their unique products at the 2024 Week of OCOP Products, Regional Specialty Products, and Agricultural Production, Preservation, and Processing Technologies that opened in HCM City on November 6.
EIMA 2024 underway with focus on green agriculture
Organised into 14 product sectors and five thematic shows : Components, Digital, Energy, Green and Hydrotech, EIMA, offers a countless opportunities to increase agricultural productivity
CPI rises by 0.33 per cent in October
Increased domestic fuel prices and slow production recovery after two storms are the main reasons for the rise, according to the General Statistics Office.
PM works with Chinese energy, infrastructure companies to boost cooperation
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday in Kunming City, Yunnan Province worked with leading Chinese companies in infrastructure and energy to promote the cooperation between the two countries.
Đà Nẵng airport, international terminal operator to merge online channels
Đà Nẵng International Airport and the Đà Nẵng International Terminal Investment and Operation Joint Stock Company have announced the consolidation of their digital information platforms for travellers.
Our Partners
Today in Perth, WAVBC Executive Director Edmund Damouni met with the Perth Based Vietnam Consul General Ms Nguyen Thanh Ha to sign the ‘Book of Condolences’ in memory of His Excellency Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.