Under a cooperation between the US-Vietnam Business Council and the Investment & Trade Promotion Company of HCM City, we would like to introduce this video to outline various potentials in doing business with HCM City, a major business hub in Vietnam.
The US-Vietnam Business Council is partnering with the Global Sources to organize a Sourcing Mission to Vietnam to provide participants with the most cost-effective approach to source products made in Vietnam. It will also provide opportunities for participants to look for potential partners in Vietnam.
Global Sourcing Fair Vietnam 2025 is the must-attend international expo for sourcing Fashion & Accessories and Home & Gifts from top Asian manufacturers. Running from April 24–26, 2025, at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, it offers an unmatched opportunity for exhibitors from Vietnam, ASEAN, India, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan to connect with thousands of global buyers from the US, UK, EU, Middle East, Asia, and Australia under one roof.
- Save time and money: Within 3 days of the Global Sourcing Fair, participants will connect to:
- Business Matching: In addition to a business matching session at the Fair, participants will be scheduled to visit manufacturers of their choices.
- Follow up services: UVBC will provide FREE follow up services for 6 months after the mission was concluded.
Participants of the mission include:
- Companies that are looking for products made in Vietnam;
- Companies that are interested in selling raw materials needed to manufacture products in Vietnam;
- Companies that are interested in promoting their logistics services in Vietnam
MAIN PROGRAM: (5days/4nights)
Wed., April 23, 2025: Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City - Airport Transfer - Welcome Reception.
Thurs., April 24, 2025: Attend the Global Sourcing Fair, Vietnam (whole day)
Fri., April 25, 2025: US-Vietnam Business Development Forum at the Fair - Individual visits.
Sat., April 26, 2025: Individual Visits - Farewell Reception - Sightseeing.
Sun., April 27, 2025: Return to the US.
ADDITONAL PROGRAM:
Sun., April 27, 2025: Depart to Ha Noi, the capital city of Vietnam (2-hour flight) - Transfer to Hotel - Welcome Reception.
Mon., April 28, 2025: AM: Networking/Business Matching session organized by the US-Vietnam Business Council in cooperation with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce & Industry - PM: Individual Company visits.
Tues., April 29, 2025: Individual Company Visits - Farewell Reception - Sight seeing.
Wed., April 30, 2025: Return to the US from Ha Noi.
* The final program will be sent to particpants by April 1st, 2025.
** UVBC will continue providing follow-up business development services to participants within 6 months after the mission concluded.
At US - Vietnam Business Council, we are committed to assist our members/clients to identify and develop business opportunities in Vietnam. We work closely with them to understand their unique needs and develop customized solutions that help them to achieve their goals. YOUR SUCCESS IS OUR SUCCESS.
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The Mission to Vietnam provides its participants with opportunities to:
Notes: To handle the trade deficit between the US and Vietnam, The Government of Vietnam has encouraged companies in Vietnam to import more of American products and services, especially in Technology, AgTech and Agricultural Products.
- Agri-related organizations;
- AgTech companies;
- Agri. Product /Food Importers/Exporters;
- Logistics companies;
- Marketing companies;
- Investors.....
who are interested in business opportunities, especially in AgTech, Food/Agri. Industries, Investment in Vietnam.
MAIN PROGRAM (5 days/4 nights)
Mon. May 19, 2025: Arrive in Ho Chi Minh City - Immigration - Customs - Greetings - Airport Transfer to Hotel - Welcome Reception.
Tues. May 20, 2025:
Venue: REX Hotel. 141 Nguyen Hue Blvd., District 1, HCM City
From 08:30 to 17:00 US -Vietnam AgTech and Food Industry Conference organized by the Investment and Trade Promotion Center of HCM City in cooperation with the US-Vietnam Business Council.
Wed., May 21, 2025:
Venue: ITPC Export Showroom, 92-96 Nguyen Hue Blvd, Dist. 1, HCM City
08:30 to noon: Roundtable Discussion on current US-Vietnam Trade Development
14:00-17:00: FDA Registration Workshop -
Thurs., May 22, 2025: Visit HCM City Agri HiTech Park - Individual Company Visits. -
Fri. May 23, 2025: Continuing individual company visits
Sightseeing - Wrap-up Meeting - Farewell Reception.
Sat. May 24, 2025: Return to the US - Conclusion of the mission.
* The Final program will be sent to participants by April 30, 2025.
** UVBC will continue providing follow-up business development services to UVBC Premium Members after the mission concluded.
The Business Mission to Vietnam is being organized by the US-Vietnam Business Council in cooperation with the Investment and Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City.
To promote the mission, UVBC is looking for support from the following organizations:
- The Vietnam Federation of Agricultural Associations;
- The National Association of State Department of Agriculture (NASDA) ;
- The California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
- The US Agricultural Export Development Council (USAEDC);
- The Association of Food Industries (AFI);
- The US Export Assistance Centers.
Chayada Vinyard joined the National Association of State Dept. of Agriculture (NASDA) in January 2025. In her role as associate director of international trade programs, she supports the programmatic, financial, compliance and administrative functions of NASDA’s cooperative agreements with USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. Additionally, she supports both domestic and international export promotion and trade activities.
Before joining NASDA, Chayada served as assistant to the minister (agriculture) at the Office of Agricultural Affairs, Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C. There, she was responsible for monitoring U.S. and Canada agricultural regulation, and policies, as well as supporting Thailand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in its trade missions and negotiations.
Chayada holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and religion and a Bachelor of Laws from Thailand, as well as Master of Laws degrees from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center. Chayada is originally from Thailand and currently lives in Virginia with her family.
Mr. Young Kim believes agriculture should be as precise and data driven as the aerospace industry.
Under Young’s leadership, Digital Harvest seeks to solve the ‘hard problems’ that stand in the way of his customers to operationalize the benefits of digitizing agriculture.
As such, he applies his 20+ years of experience as an entrepreneur and technologist in aerospace, semiconductors, and robotics to set business strategy, build customer relationships, and guides the development of key products for Digital Harvest.
Currently, Digital Harvest has been providing agtech services to major agricultural comapny in Vietnam since 2024.
The Vietnam Federation of Agricultural Associations (VFAA) was established on February 1, 2013 under Decision No. 101/QD-BNV of the Minister of Home Affairs. Accordingly, the VFAA is a professional social organization, operating under the Charter and complying with the provisions of law, under the state management of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and other relevant ministries and branches.
The purpose of the General Association is to gather professional social associations in a disciplined organization, operating for a common goal, which is to develop a sustainable agriculture in Vietnam.
The main activities of the VFAA are to coordinate with member associations to support the development of agriculture, forestry, fisheries... to exchange, learn international experiences and participate in social criticism on policies...
Henan Li serves as the Asia Trade and Investment Representative for the International Affairs and Trade team at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz).
In that capacity, she is responsible for managing the state’s export promotion initiatives to the Asia Pacific Rim region and foreign investment attraction efforts from the same region, as well as the broader international affairs strategy with Asian countries and regions.
Prior to her time at GO-Biz, Ms. Li serves as the Global Initiative Director of the California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Export Center in Sacramento California, where her duty includes enhancing the development and implementation of the MDCP Program and MBDA program under the cooperative agreements with the U.S Department of Commerce to assist U.S businesses to access international markets.
Jennifer Diaz is a Board-Certified international attorney, author, and public speaker specializing in customs and international trade. Mrs. Diaz founded Diaz Trade Law in 2016. The firm boasts a multilingual team of experts and has rapidly become one of the nation’s leading Customs and International Trade law firms.
Since 2006, Mrs. Diaz has counseled businesses of all sizes on complex customs issues and has a strong record of success in mitigating federal administrative enforcement actions. Mrs. Diaz has been recognized by Chambers Global and USA, “Super Lawyers” as a Top International Attorney, has an AV rating of “Superb,” and is considered a leading expert in International Trade Law by the Florida Bar.
Dr. Thuy Le is a Professor and Department Chair of the Electrical Engineering Department at San José State University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of chip design, embedded systems, hardware accelerators, and quantum computing.
Before joining San José State University in 2001, Dr. Le has worked for a number of hi tech companies in Silicon Valley.
Dr. Le has also served as a General Chair, Technical Program Chair, Keynote Speaker, Editor, Advisor of many international conferences, symposiums, journals, and non-profit organizations. His publications include more than 60 technical papers and reports in areas of integrated circuits and digital system design, hardware accelerators, high-performance computing, computational nuclear reactor physics, and engineering curriculum development.
Aaron Magenheim is an entrepreneur who grew up in California Agriculture and has become a global industry leader working across the Agriculture and Technology nexis.
As CEO and co-founder, his companies Growers Insight and AgTech Insight specialize in business process mapping and innovation strategy by aligning business, processes, data, people, and technology.
As a realistic boots-on-the-ground expert, Aaron leads diverse teams advising growers, food companies, Corporates, Governments, NGO's, investors, and startups on building successful ecosystems leveraging best processes, practices, and technology throughout the Agri-Food supply chain.
Mr. Joe Trinh, UVBC Executive Director with Ms. Anne Nguyen, Global Sources Marketing Manager.
HoChiMinh City, Jan. 8, 2025 - China used to have many policies to attract foreign investors to build factories, but now there are many changes and Vietnam is the ideal alternative, says Kyle Freeman, a partner at Dezan Shira & Associates and also a memberof the US-Vietnam Business Council.
Freeman shared the information at the workshop "New U.S. policy: Impacts on trade and investment," organized by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC) in collaboration with the U.S.-Vietnam Business Council and the Vietnam Innovation Institute in HCMC on Wednesday.
On the export front, China’s exports to the U.S. are declining, with products from Vietnam and Mexico filling the gap. Vietnamese goods now compete with those from China and Mexico in the U.S. market. Freeman emphasized that Vietnamese businesses must adjust pricing strategies to remain competitive and enhance their market access in the U.S.
Vietnam also benefits from certain tax exemptions on products imported into the U.S., which businesses should leverage. However, Freeman cautioned against the risk of Chinese goods being re-exported through Vietnam to the U.S., which could complicate trade relations. He also highlighted the impact of monetary and exchange rate policies on exports, urging businesses to stay informed.
Freeman offered two key pieces of advice for Vietnamese businesses. First, Vietnamese firms update new policies, especially when Donald Trump takes office for the second time. Second, Vietnamese businesses should build a clear and tight export system when bringing goods to China.
Meanwhile, Kevin Morgan, chairman of the U.S.-Vietnam Business Council, highlighted the remarkable growth in Vietnam-U.S. trade relations in recent years, which has positioned Vietnam among the top countries with a trade surplus with the U.S. The U.S. trade deficit with Vietnam reached $102 billion in 2024, posing a challenge to the "fair and balanced trade" goal advocated by Donald Trump.
To address this, Morgan advised Vietnamese enterprises to prepare a range of strategies to adapt to potential changes in U.S. trade policies and import tariffs. He emphasized the importance of prioritizing two-way trade cooperation to narrow the trade gap and align with the long-term interests of both Vietnam and the U.S.
Source: for a full article: www.theinvestor.vn
Hanoi, Vietnam - On Jan 6, 2025, Mr. Kevin Morgan, UVBC Chairman and Dr. Pham Tiet Khanh, President of the Vietnam Association of Community Colleges signed a MOU to confirm their commitment to cooperate between two organizations.
Both organizations have discussed various projects to implement in 2025 including a Cultural Exchange Project, an English tutoring Project and a webinar on semiconductor training program.
San Jose, Nov. 15, 2024 - A networking session was organized at the Action Spot Center, 453 W. San Carlos St., San Jose on Nov. 15, 2024 to provide participants with opportunities to:
Participants included:
In addition, the delegation also visited the Alliance Mobile Home Showroom, the Vietnamese National Association of Real Estate Professionals (VNARP), the Advantest and AheadTek companies to learn of their operations, products and to discuss possibilities of cooperating on potential business projects in Vietnam and in the US.
UVBC will continue cooperating with VISTIP to follow up on projects that were discussed during their visit.
New York City, Oct. 29, 2024 - Mr. Joe Trinh, UVBC President and Ms. Vasudha Paul, UVBC Advisor participated in the Business Forums organized by the Embassy of Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh City Government in San Francisco on Oct. 26 and in New York on Oct. 29, 2024.
Mr. Phan Van Mai, Chairman of the HCM City People Committee led a delegation of over 30 leading Vietnamese companies
representing industries such as trade, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, real
estate, and manufacturing to participate in a series of forums in San Francisco, New York and Boston.
Their objective is to promote investment and trade opportunities between HCM City and the US.
Mr. Joe Trinh, UVBC President also had a chance to share with the forum participants our council's mission and to look for opportunities to cooperate with organizations/companies in Vietnam.
In particular, UVBC is interested in cooperating with the Investment and Trade Promotion Center of HCM City, the Saigon Hi-Tech Park, the HCMC Overseas Vietnamese Committee to identify and develop mutually beneficial projects in the near future.
Hanoi, Oct. 28, 2023 - "Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt (UVBC) sẽ hỗ trợ các doanh nghiệp nhỏ và vừa tại Mỹ cũng như tại Việt Nam trong việc tìm kiếm và triển khai các cơ hội hợp tác kinh doanh giữa Mỹ và Việt Nam". Ông Trịnh Trung - Giám đốc điều hành Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt đã phát biểu như vậy tại buổi chia sẻ thông tin với Câu lạc bộ doanh nghiệp Việt - Mỹ (Hội Việt - Mỹ) vào ngày 28/10.
Sự kiện thu hút nhiều doanh nghiệp là thành viên Câu lạc bộ doanh nghiệp Việt - Mỹ và đối tác của Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt tại Việt Nam tham dự.
Phát biểu đề dẫn, ông Nguyễn Hải Giang - Phó Chủ tịch Hội Việt - Mỹ, Chủ nhiệm Câu lạc bộ Doanh nghiệp Việt - Mỹ cho biết, buổi chia sẻ thông tin này là cơ hội để các doanh nghiệp Việt Nam tìm hiểu, nắm bắt thông tin về Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt, qua đó có cơ hội kết nối, tìm kiếm cơ hội làm ăn với các doanh nghiệp nhỏ và vừa ở Mỹ.
"Chúng tôi muốn giúp các doanh nghiệp nhỏ và vừa tại Mỹ và Việt Nam hiểu về văn hóa của nhau, nắm bắt kinh nghiệm kinh doanh, đầu tư vào thị trường Mỹ và ngược lại", ông Trịnh Trung nói. Hiện có hai lĩnh vực Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt đang đặt trọng tâm là nông nghiệp công nghệ cao và công nghệ công tin.
Cũng trong ngày 28/10, lãnh đạo Hội Việt - Mỹ đã có buổi tiếp đại diện Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt đang ở thăm Việt Nam.
Tại buổi tiếp, Đại sứ Phạm Quang Vinh - Chủ tịch Hội Việt - Mỹ đã giới thiệu về vai trò, hoạt động Hội và cho biết, bên cạnh các hoạt động đối ngoại nhân dân, Hội mong muốn thúc đẩy hợp tác giữa doanh nghiệp hai nước và sẵn sàng hỗ trợ Hội đồng Kinh doanh Mỹ - Việt kết nối với các doanh nghiệp, các địa phương của Việt Nam, qua đó góp phần tăng cường quan hệ giữa Việt Nam và Mỹ.
Hanoi, October 21 , 2023 – The First International Forum/Mission on AgTech and Food Industry in Vietnam was successfully concluded on Oct. 21, 2023.
The Forum was organized on Oct. 16, 2023 by the Center of Vietnam Science & Technology Promotion of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Ha Noi, Vietnam in cooperation with the US-Vietnam Business Council (UVBC) in San Jose, California and the Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC).
In addition to the forum, International AgTech executives were also introduced to government officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Planning and Investment. The topics discussed included opportunities to assist Agri-related SMEs in Vietnam to apply AgTech in their operations in order to increase their production and also their competitiveness in the Global Food markets.
To identify and develop business opportunities, international participants were also involved in a number of one-to-one meetings with private companies which included : the TTC Agris Group, Vinashrimp Company, Mai Chau Hydroelectric Company, Mimosa Tek, NextFarm, and Rynan Technologies.
In brief, the Int’l Forum and Mission on AgTech and Agri Development in Vietnam has created a solid platform in which the Int’l executives and Vietnamese companies/organizations can rely on to further their cooperation to implement mutually beneficial projects in the near future.
San Jose, Feb. 20, 2023 – Mr. Trung Trinh, President of the US-Vietnam Business Council (UVBC) will lead the first UVBC sourcing mission to Vietnam from March 10 to April 5, 2023.
The mission participants include UVBC business members who are sourcing artcraft/handicraft and metal products made in Vietnam to be distributed in the US market.
They are Bryson Distributing located in Eugene, OR, Digital Marketing Service, Grand Rapids, MI and Consolidated Bearings Company headquartered in Cedar Knolls, NJ.
In addition to meeting with various manufacturers in and around Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City, the mission will also meet with various international cooperation organizations in Vietnam to identify and develop specific projects in Vietnam and in the United States .
Washington DC, July 15, 2022 – Mr. Trung Trinh, President of the US-Vietnam Business Council (UVBC) led a group of UVBC members to meet with the Hon. Nguyen Quoc Dzung, Ambassador of Vietnam to the US on July 15, 2022.
The meeting objective is to introduce the Council and its services to the Ambassador. It is also to ask for the support from the Ambassador and the Embassy staff on the council future activities .
In addition to the Ambassador, participants from the Embassy staff included Mr. Bui Huy Son, Mr. Do Hung, Counselors of the Vietnam Trade Office, and Mr. To Tuan, Counselor of the Chief Economic Officer.
Besides Mr. Trinh, the Council President, members of the Council participated in the meeting included: Mr. Kevin Morgan, CEO of Academic Language Solutions, Guilford, CT, Mr. Sean Lam, VP of International Programs of IM Systems Group, Rockville, MD, Mr. Ken Cooper, Chairman of the Access American Education, Philadelphia, PA and Dr. Uyen Nguyen, CEO of Agriculture & Automation Services based in Quang Trung Software Park, HCM City, Vietnam.
The meeting was concluded with the Ambassador's remarks that the Embassy of Vietnam in the US will be willing to support UVBC in carrying out any project that promote and strengthen the Vietnam-US relationship in business cooperation as well as in cultural, educational exchange programs.
Under a cooperation between the City Foreign Trade and Investment Center, Vietnam Resource Group, a consulting firm from Washington DC opened the very first American Product Showroom in HCM City on July 1st., 1995. The show room was located at 6 Mac Dinh Chi Street, adjacent with the former US Embassy in HCM City.
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Registration Deadline: April 30, 2025
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