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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 partners and 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 and Vietnam.
WAVBC Business Tour Opportunities
As Vietnam continues to emerge as one of Asia’s fastest growing economies there is an increasing global interest in learning more about Vietnams ability to become a trusted partner in the growing array of global trade and investment markets. Given today’s environment of advanced communication technologies, the value of establishing sustainable ‘face to face’ relationships still remains a high priority with many Vietnamese businesses, when engaging with potential partners or customers.
A key WAVBC strategy is to arrange and host two-way business tours for our West Australian and Vietnamese partners so they can experience ‘first hand’ Vietnamese or West Australian local business cultures and eco systems. WAVBC has an ever-growing network of Vietnamese business men and women across Vietnam who are keen to welcome business visitors from Western Australia.
Business tours to Western Australia from Vietnam provide an opportunity not only to enhance relationships but to promote Western Australia as an ‘open for business’ destination. In Vietnam, for too long there has been a mindset focussed on Australia’s eastern states and having Vietnamese business tours coming to Western Australia will greatly assist with spreading the word.
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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
Australia commits $10 million to Việt Nam climate start-ups
The funding will back early- and growth-stage small- and medium-sized enterprises working in areas including clean manufacturing, sustainable consumption and AI-driven climate solutions.
Việt Nam, Laos promote trade and transport connectivity
Việt Nam and Laos are stepping up cooperation in trade, transport and logistics connectivity as both countries seek to strengthen supply chains and facilitate cross-border commerce, officials said at the Việt Nam – Laos Logistics Business Forum 2026 held in Vientiane on May 26.
Comprehensive Strategic Partnership expected to create substantial momentum for Vietnamese and Thai enterprises
Việt Nam News reporters Khánh Chi, Thu Hằng and Mai Hương spoke with representatives of Vietnamese and Thai businesses to gather their assessments of investment and business potential in each other’s markets following the elevation of bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
New financial strategy aims to improve capital access for SMEs
Việt Nam has set a goal for at least 300,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to have outstanding loans at credit institutions by 2030 under the new national financial inclusion strategy.
Textile exports rise, but orders weaken
Order volumes in the second quarter are expected to decline sharply by 20–25 per cent compared to the same period last year.
New evening peak-hour electricity pricing proposed to start in June
The National Power System and Market Operation Company Limited (NSMO) has proposed applying new electricity peak-hour pricing from June 1, as scorching weather and rising demand put mounting pressure on the grid, particularly in northern Việt Nam.
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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.