WEBINAR “COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS IN VIETNAM – A LEGAL AND FISCAL REVIEW” On August 27th, ICHAM successfully held our webinar organized in collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Hanoi, ICHAM Vietnam and with the support of EuroCham Vietnam. We were honored of having H.E. Antonio Alessandro, Ambassador of Italy in Vietnam, and Mr. Michele D’Ercole, Chairman of ICHAM. They shared precious insights not only for Italian companies operating in Vietnam, but also for upcoming business opportunities within the recently implemented EVFTA.
became relevant since the covid outbreak. Continuing the webinar, Mr. Tommaso Colli, General Manager of PHC Advisory Tax & Accounting, presented the essential elements related to Vietnam’s tax system.
The Q&A was especially insightful thanks to the many interesting questions we received. In this section, participants and speakers got a chance to discuss which business sectors will benefit the most from EVFTA, the legal limitation period to initiate legal actions for commercial contracts, how VAT works in an import/export Mr. Filippo Scaglia from DP Group’s Vietnam context, and how online e-commerce and Office shared the legal framework for companies business opportunities developed on digital to consider when signing commercial contracts, platforms. especially marking some key points that
EXPORTWAY: F&B SECTOR PRESENTATION On October 6th, Mr. Pham Hoang Hai – Executive Director of ICHAM hosted Livestream on the Exportways Project Facebook Page to share information on Vietnamese F&B sector. With a population of almost 97 million, Vietnam is a developing economic with growth rate of 5-7% yearly on average. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, the national growth of 2020 was of only 2.15% with an inflation of 2.59%, an impressive figure, still, being one of the few PAGE 20 - NEWS
