FORUM ON THE IMPACT OF THE NEW US ADMINISTRATION ON THE US-VIETNAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, JAN 8, 2025 IN HCM CITY

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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 our commitment to cooperate between two organizations to identify and develop educational, training and business development projects in 2025. 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.

 On November 27, 2024, the US-Vietnam Business Summit was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the theme “Policies and Approaches to Ensure Mutually Beneficial Trade Relations.” The summit was attended by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who delivered a keynote speech emphasizing the importance of strengthening economic ties between the two nations.

1. Trade Union Law Amendments: The National Assembly passed the amended Trade Union Law, maintaining the 2% trade union fee contribution rate and adding provisions for trade union supervision and social criticism.
2. Investment Policy for Cultural Development: The National Assembly approved the Resolution on investment policy for the National Target Program on Cultural Development for the 2025-2035 period.
3. Business-Friendly Environment: The summit highlighted the need to upgrade Vietnam’s policy framework and economic environment to attract new investors and support current businesses, with a goal of increasing two-way trade revenue to $200 billion.
4. Digital Economy and Innovation: Discussions focused on unlocking the full potential of Vietnam’s digital economy, promoting sustainable investment, and fostering innovation in sectors like semiconductor manufacturing.

1. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
2. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (virtually)
3. Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific Kurt Campbell (virtually)
4. AmCham Chairman John Rockhold
5. High-ranking ministry officials from Vietnam and the US

Source: Bloomberg (no specific article provided, as the search results only contain snippets from various sources)

Washington DC, Nov. 19, 2024 - A group of Vietnamese companies led by Mr. Nguyen Tri Ngoc, General Secretary of the Federation of Agricultural Associations had visited Washington DC on Nov. 19, 2024.

During the visit, the delegation had a working session , set up by the US-Vietnam Business Council,  to meet with Mr. Huy Pham, Counselor on Agri Affairs of the Embassy of Vietnam. During the meeting, the delegation members had learned a lot of information on how to market and import Food and Furniture into the US.

The delegation members also expressed their willingness to cooperate with UVBC members to explore opportunities to import foodstuff and furniture from Vietnam.

 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:

• Welcome a business delegation from Vietnam led by Ms. Hop Huy Bui, Vice Director of the Center of Vietnam Science & Technology Int’l Promotion (VISTIP) and
• Provide a networking opportunities for the participants.

Participants included:

• Mr. Huy Nguyen, CEO of AheadTek;
• Mr. Mike Vanch, CMO of isenseCloud;
• Mr. George Saxton, Executive Director of the San Francisco - HCM City Sister City Committee;
• Mr. Raymond Garcia, Filipino American Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco;
• Dr. Thuy Le, Professor & Department Chair of College of Engineering, San Jose University
• Mr. Joe Trinh, President and Hoang Nguyen, VP/West Coast of the US-Vietnam Business Council;
• Mrs. Tuyet Mai Nguyen and My Nu Nguyen of Thanh Huong Real Estate Company from Quang Binh Province, Vietnam.

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.

Ho Chi Minh City, Sept. 26, 2024 -   In the afternoon of September 26, Mr. Vo Van Hoan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, received Mr. Mark Chandler, Deputy Mayor, Director of Foreign Trade of the Mayor's Office of San Francisco City (USA) on the occasion of attending the Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue and Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2024.

 At the meeting, the two sides discussed the challenges of industrial transformation and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in economic and social life.

Mr.  Vo Van Hoan affirmed that AI is no longer a trend but has been present in daily life and is developing very quickly. At the inauguration ceremony of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 Center within the framework of the Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the task of Ho Chi Minh City is to design policies for the Government to promulgate and deploy in the city first. 

For the Center to operate effectively and apply AI in management and operation, Ho Chi Minh City plans to send a delegation to San Francisco to learn from experience and share knowledge about regulations, processes, standards, and ways to manage and operate using AI, especially in the fields of health, education, and urban transportation.

 According to Mr. Mark Chandler, the San Francisco city government has always strongly supported industries through establishing artificial intelligence platforms and favorable conditions for businesses to operate. Mr. Mark Chandler affirmed that the city of San Francisco is ready to welcome the delegation, learn, exchange, and find the best solutions to respond to the rapid changes of AI to serve the operation, management of the government and the lives of the people.

Note: Mr. Mark Chandler is a member of the Advisory Board of the US-Vietnam Business Council 

Source:  SGGPO September 26, 2024 

https://www.sggp.org.vn/tphcm-va-tp-san-francisco-hoa-ky-hop-tac-phat-trien-tri-tue-nhan-tao-post760893.html#lg=1&slide=0 

 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,  Dec.30, 2023 -US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper reaffirmed that Washington and Hanoi share a common vision for the region and said the two countries' economies are more connected than ever when reviewing achievements in US relations. -Vietnam in the past year. 

In a video released by the US Embassy in Vietnam on December 29, Mr. Knapper called 2023 a "great" year for relations. between the United States and Vietnam, from former enemies to comprehensive strategic partners. 

Mr. Knapper mentioned what he called President Joe Biden's "historic" visit to Hanoi in September as the most important event in relations between the two countries in the past year.

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During this visit, President Biden and General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong raised US-Vietnam relations to the highest level of partnership. Vietnam's two-level upgrade, making the US an equal partner with China in its diplomatic relations system, is unprecedented. 

Economic - trade - investment cooperation is a high priority area in bilateral relations. The US remains Vietnam's largest export market and Vietnam has become the US's 7th largest trading partner. 

Trade growth between the two countries increases from 450 million USD in 1995 to more than 123 billion USD in 2022.Accumulated to 2023, the US ranks 11th among investors in Vietnam with about 1,200 projects, total capital of nearly 11.4 billion USD. 

Vietnam currently has 230 investment projects in the US, with a total registered capital of 1.26 billion USD.

Source: VOA . Dec. 30, 2023  

 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.