About
The Western Australia Vietnam Business Council Inc (WAVBC) is based in Perth, Western Australia and is a ‘not for profit organisation’. The WAVBC first began in 2003 but it ceased operation in 2008. The appointment of a Vietnam Consul General based in Perth, Western Australia in 2012 rekindled Western Australian interest in Vietnam and the existing WAVBC was reformed in early 2015.
WAVBC Development
Over the last ten years the WAVBC has been developing its business culture and establishing ‘like-minded’ business networks in both Western Australia and Vietnam.
In 2018, the WAVBC began supporting the Western Australian Government’s ‘Asia Engagement Program,’ an initiative to focus on four South East Asian countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. To this day, the WAVBC remains committed to the three key drivers of the program: increasing two-way trade, attracting investment and diversification of the WA economy.
During the year leading up to COVID, the WAVBC made good progress building relationships with local Vietnamese governments and leading business groups in Southern Vietnam. However, the arrival of COVID in early 2020 and the ongoing international travel bans resulted in the momentum the WAVBC had generated being lost.
However, it was very pleasing in September 2020 to see a WAVBC initiative become reality when the WA Government signed an MOU to promote effective and mutually beneficial co-operation for the development of friendship with the Ba Ria Vung Tau Peoples Committee.
Early in 2021, the WAVBC set up a subcommittee called the WA Vietnam Cultural Group (WAVCG) to support one of its key objectives of building sustainable relationships with the local West Australian Vietnamese communities. The WAVCG started with a few small events and to date has successfully become established within the local Vietnamese communities.
After COVID, the WAVBC recovered lost ground in both Western Australia and Vietnam and visits to Vietnam by committee members quickly rebuilt the old business networks plus a few exciting new young organisations that had sprung up after COVID.
All WAVBC 2026 committee members have experience of living, working, or trading with Vietnam. Such a knowledgeable committee strengthens the ‘in country’ experience and knowledge available to our WAVBC members and partners.
The now established regular Vietnam Airlines direct flights between Perth and Ho Chi Minh City now makes it so much easier for West Australian and Vietnamese business communities to start discovering each other. Now having direct flights, the WAVBC is continuing to engage with some of Vietnams up and coming young business groups. Already the WAVBC has signed ‘Cooperation Agreements’ with One Business Connection (OBC), Vietnam National ASEAN Group (VNAG), and Innolab Asia, each bringing broad, multi-chapter networks across Vietnam. 2026 will also see closer ties develop between the WAVBC and the recently formed Australia Alumini Business Network.
Just the two current agreements alone now extend the WAVBC networks to include over 8,000 business people in Vietnam with many of those people already experienced in conducting global trade and investments. The WAVBC is proud to contribute to facilitating and furthering partnerships for our members.
During 2026, the WAVBC will engage in a number of exciting projects, working with our Vietnamese partners to promote two-way trade activities that will include New Technologies, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Construction services.
There are already a number of Vietnamese business group delegations committed to visiting Western Australia in 2026 will include Innolabs and VNAG plus WAVBC will takes two delegations to Vietnam in 2026.
One of the WAVBC major goals for 2026 is to increase our membership and engage more partners so we encourage you to become a member or partner for 2026. Learn more about our Membership or Partnership Benefits
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