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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
Vietnam Online Shopping Day aims to rebuild trust in e-commerce
This is not only the biggest online shopping event of the year, but also spreads the message of smart, responsible and sustainable consumption, contributing to promoting the strong development of Việt Nam’s digital economy in the new era.
800 enterprises to join VINAMAC Expo 2025
The ‘International Exhibition on Industrial Machinery, Equipment, Technology and Products in HCM City’ – VINAMAC Expo 2025 – will take place at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Centre from November 27 to 29, attracting 800 enterprises from more than 15 countries and territories, the organisers announced on November 13.
Vingroup applies for international bond sale
Vingroup plans to issue a maximum of 1,625 bonds with a face value of US$200,000 per bond. The total expected issuance value is $325 million.
Việt Nam calls on US to lift restrictions on high-tech exports, recognise market economy status
The US side reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening cooperation with Việt Nam in security, energy, logistics, supply chains and manufacturing.
Việt Nam, US make major progress in 5th round of trade talks
In the series of talks, the Vietnamese and US delegations made major progress on multiple issues, including services, digital trade, agriculture, technical barriers to trade (TBT), and sanitary and phytosanitary standards (SPS), while narrowing differences on outstanding matters.
HCM City’s coastal commune eyes role as southern green petrochemical hub
The city has reaffirmed the goal of developing Long Sơn Commune into a “green and modern petrochemical centre in the South”.
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.