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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
Quảng Ninh proposes Việt Nam’s first digital and knowledge economic zone
Once operational, the zone is expected to contribute 8-12 per cent of the province’s gross regional domestic product and create between 150,000 and 250,000 high-quality jobs.
HCM City’s outstanding credit exceeds VNĐ5.28 quadrillion in Q1
In the context of lingering uncertainties in the financial market, credit in HCM City continued to expand in the first quarter of 2026, with total outstanding loans surpassing VNĐ5.28 quadrillion (US$211 billion).
VPB and OKX enter agreement to promote digital asset market
The agreement is seen as a pioneering move by a leading Vietnamese financial institution to approach digital assets in a structured and controlled way, aligned with regulatory orientations.
Dung Quất biofuel plant set for full-capacity operations in April
The Dung Quất Biofuel Plant is accelerating production and is expected to reach full capacity by mid-April, supplying ethanol for nationwide E10RON95 biofuel blending.
Việt Nam, Bavaria firms boost ties at Munich roundtable
Việt Nam promotes investment, digital transformation and supply chain links at Munich business roundtable.
HCM City eyes Slovakia as partner in building international financial centre
HCM City is mobilising resources to build an international financial centre to connect global capital flows, with Slovakia seen as a potential strategic partner.
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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.