Since the end of July 2020, the CEEC Board Member, also the Vice Chairman of EuroCham Vietnam, Mr. Nguyen Hai Minh has participated in events related to EVFTA, specifically as of following:
The dialogue between Ho Chi Minh City’s Leaders and EuroCham on economic development and grasping opportunities under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) & the launching of White Book 2020. This was a unique discussion on trade and investment in Vietnam, with a focus on the role of the European business community in Ho Chi Minh City. The event welcomed the presence of business and Ho Chi Minh City leaders as well as EuroCham’s key partners. The discussion included a presentation from the HCMC Department of Industry and Trade, who shared an introduction to HCMC’s export development plan and the policies supporting businesses for implementation of the EVFTA.
More details can be found here.
The video conference “Implementing the action plan of the EVFTA”. On the 6th of August 2020 in Hanoi, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presided over a video conference on the action plan to implement the EVFTA which took effect on the 1st of August. Attendants to the event included the Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, several Cabinet Ministers and leaders of all 63 provinces and cities, as well as Vietnamese business associations’ leaders, and heads of diplomatic missions from EU member states. EuroCham was the only foreign association to attend and deliver a speech at the conference. On behalf of the Executive Committee of EuroCham and its one-thousand members, Vice Chairman Jean-Jacques Bouflet congratulated the Government of Vietnam on securing this historic free trade agreement with the European Union. The EVFTA is just the second FTA agreed between the EU and an ASEAN country, and it is also the most comprehensive and ambitious deal ever signed by EU with a developing nation. Therefore, it is clear that this EVFTA is a vote of confidence from the European Union in Vietnam, its record of reform, and its strategic importance on the world stage.
At this event, EuroCham Chairmen (Mr. Nguyen Hai Minh and Mr. Jean-Jacques Bouflet) also had chance to proudly present to Prime Minister H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc the latest edition of the Whitebook.
More details can be found here.