Dialogue with HCMC Leader’s EVFTA & EuroCham Vietnam Whitebook 2020

On Tuesday the 28th of July, the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) and the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee (HCMC PC) held a dialogue at the Rex Hotel to launch EuroCham’s WhiteBook 2020 Briefing. The event “Economic Development & Grasping Opportunities under the EVFTA” also discussed future collaboration between EuroCham and City Departments in the upcoming time.

The event featured special VIP speakers, including H.E. Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee. Other high-level speakers included H.E. Mr. Vincent Floreani, Consul General of France, and representatives of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, who presented the city’s import-export development plan and orientation in light of the EVFTA. It also brought together City leaders, Government officials, members of the diplomatic corps, Vietnamese industry associations, business leaders, and journalists, to discuss a wide range of issues in three thematic sessions: Infrastructure, Customs & Trade Facilitation; Smart & Sustainable Development; and Consumer Choice & Healthcare.

The Whitebook is EuroCham’s annual report, where the Chamber’s 17 Sector Committees raise the issues most important to their business operations and highlight specific actions the Government could take to improve the business environment and increase trade and investment with the EU. The Chamber holds this WhiteBook Briefing in Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of updating the European business community, which is mainly based in Ho Chi Minh City, and of creating opportunities for collaboration with the local authorities in the city.