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NEWSROOM News Room Home > News Room > News Room News Room Keynote Address by Vietnam President and networking session between Singapore & Vietnam companies boost business ties Press Releases Speeches Photos < Back to News Room More than 200 Singapore business representatives met some 74 leading Vietnamese state-owned enterprises at the business networking session Singapore, Tuesday, 17 November 2009 - The Singapore business community was privileged to receive an update on Vietnam's economic and investment policies by Vietnam President His Excellency Nguyen Minh Triet. This event organized by the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is entitled SBF Eminent Leaders Lecture: "Vietnam: Partnership for Progress". The lecture and business networking session was held in conjunction with the state visit of the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, who was here to attend the APEC Leaders Summit. President Triet's keynote address to the local business community was chaired by Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Professor S. Jayakumar. During his welcome remarks, SBF Chairman Mr. Tony Chew said, "The Singapore Business Federation is the apex business chamber representing more than 15,000 companies in Singapore. In partnership with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, SBF has successfully organized the Singapore - Vietnam Business Networking Congress' this morning, which brought together 83 senior executives from 74 Vietnam companies, and 225 Singapore business leaders from various business sectors. We hope that the networking and contacts made this morning will bring new partnerships and collaborations between our business communities." "As a testament of our growing business linkage, I am pleased to announce that we will be witnessing the signing of three business collaborations between Vietnam companies and Singapore based companies later. The Singapore entities are Port of Singapore Authority, Japan Land Limited which is a Japanese owned company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange, and Credit Suisse Singapore," Mr. Chew added. At the Singapore-Vietnam Business Networking Congress 2009, held earlier in the morning, our businessmen networked with high-level Vietnam government and business representatives to identify business opportunities in trade, projects, consultancy and investment. Two hundred and twenty-five Singapore company representatives met 74 key organizations from Vietnam's public and private sectors, which comprise government officials and agencies, business leaders and business associations. The list of organizations includes PETROVIETNAM, PETROLIMEX, Tan Tao Energy Corp., Vietnam Rubber Group, Vinafood, Doji Gold & Gems, Vinacafe Corp, Ben Thanh Group, Vietnam National Coal, Kien Gang Sea Product and Dragon Land. The networking session was a useful platform for SBF members to develop contacts and build rapport with the Vietnam officials for future collaboration opportunities. "With a determined Government and committed leaders, from both the public and private sectors, Vietnam has been ranked as one obvious rising star in the APEC region. In 2008, Singapore was Vietnam's fifth largest trading partner, with total Singapore-Vietnam trade growing to S$15.6 billion. Vietnam fully supports APEC?s initiatives and has benefitted from various APEC capacity building programs to liberalize its market, and facilitate growth in both trade and investments to realise the Bogor Goals which are the fundamental spirit and vision of APEC. Vietnam has been identified by many businesses in the region as one of the most promising and preferred destinations for trade and investments. The lecture by President Triet is a golden opportunity to listen to, engage in and interact with Vietnam leaders and trade delegates under one roof here in Singapore," said Mr. Teng Theng Dar, CEO, SBF who spoke at the Networking Congress. The SBF Eminent Leaders Lecture: "Vietnam: Partnership for Progress" event is the inaugural event for the SBF Eminent Leaders Lecture series. It is the premier platform for eminent government and business leaders to share their thoughts and experiences with the Singapore business community touching principally on the key business and economic issues of the day. SBF's engagement of Vietnam SBF is working closely with ISEAS to profile and introduce Singapore companies to business opportunities arising in Vietnam's 63 provinces through the "New Growth Areas in Vietnam" Seminar series. This seminar series aims to bring Singapore businesses to explore opportunities beyond Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi and will highlight and introduce the up and coming provinces in Vietnam. Many of these provinces have excellent potential and can provide Singapore businesses with plenty of growth opportunities. The series kicked off earlier this year with Seminars on Phu Yen Province and Hai Phong Province in March; and Dalat City-Lam Dong province in July. Upcoming seminars on new growth areas in Vietnam will feature Phu Tho province, Thua Tien-Hue province and so on. A seminar on Da Nang City and province is in the pipeline for early 2010. For 2010, SBF is also planning to mount business missions to Vietnam to follow up on the seminars organized in Singapore. For more information on Vietnam related events, please contact Senior Executive, GBD ASEAN Singapore Business Federation Email: markets.asean@sbf.org.sg Tel: 6827 6819 Annex The list of Vietnam Business Delegation Accompanying H.E. Nguyen Minh Triet on his State Visit to Singapore 16-17/11/2009 No Company Website 1 Agriculuture and Irrigation Mechanization Electrification Construction Corporation http://www.agrimeco.com.vn 2 Angiang Fisheries Import & Export joint stock company www.agifish.com.vn 3 Anh Trang Trading company Limited www.anhtrang.com.vn 4 Anhoa Paper., JSC   5 Binh Tan Co., Ltd www.bitas.com.vn 6 Civil Engineering Construction And Investment Joint Stock Company 579 www.cecico579.com 7 CMC Corporation www.cmc.com.vn 8 Cuong Phat Ceramic Company Limited www.cuongphat.com 9 DakMi Forestry company   10 Doji Gold & Gems group joint stock company www.doji.com.vn 11 Dragon Land Real Estate Corporation www.phulong.com 12 FPT Telecom JSC http://www.fpt.net 13 Gepimex 404 company www.gepimex404.com 14 Gia Thinh Co., Ltd   5 Ha Long Dream Hotel Joint Venture Company www.halongdream.com.vn 16 Ha Tinh Minerals and Trading Corporation www.mitraco.com.vn 17 Haemal International Corporation www.haemal.com 18 Haiphong machinary spare parts joint stock company - 19 Hanoi Electronics Corporation www.hanel.com.vn 20 Hanoi General Export Import J.S.C www.geleximco.com.vn 21 Hanoi Trade Corporation www.haprogroup.vn 22 Hochiminh City Union of Business Association www.huba.org.vn 23 HongAn Equipment Co, LTD. www.honganhp.com.vn 24 Hong Son Co.,Ltd   25 Institute of Enterprise and Business Research and Development   26 Investment and Trading of Real estate Joint stock company www.intresco.com.vn 27 Management Board of Chan May Lang Co Economic Zone   28 Minh Long I Co., Ltd www.minhlong.com 29 Nagakawa Vietnam Joint stock Co., www.nagakawa.com.vn 30 Nam Dinh Vu Investment joint stock company www.namdinhvu.com 31 Nhat Tan Garment Co., Ltd www.nhattan.com 32 Orient Company Limited - 33 Petro Vietnam Finance Corporation. www.pvfc.com.vn 34 Petroleum Technical Services Coporation www.ptsc.com.vn 35 Petrovietnam Insurance Joint Stock Corporation - 36 PetroVietnam Construction www.pvc.vn 37 PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corporation www.pvep.com.vn 38 Petrovietnam Gas Corporation www.pvgas.com.vn 39 Petrovietnam Oil Corporation. www.pvoil.com.vn 40 PV Drilling www.pvdrilling.com.vn 41 Saigon Jewelry Holding Company www.sjcvn.com 42 Saigon Trading Group www.satra.com.vn 43 Saigontourist Holding Company www.saigon-tourist.com 44 Sao Mai Investment and Construction Corporation www.saomaiconscorp.com 45 South Trading Company Limited - 46 Sovico Holdings www.sovicoholdings.com 47 Techno - Agricultural Supplying Joint Stock Company www.tsccantho.com.vn 48 Thai Son Corporation www.thaisoncorp.com.vn 49 Thang long Construction Corporation www.thanglonggroup.com.vn 50 Thanh Do II Construction and Development Investment Co. Ltd - 51 Thien Ma Seafood Co., Ltd www.thimaco.com.vn 52 Thien Tan Investment Construction Joint Stock Company www.thientantic.vn 53 TrungThuy Group Corporation www.trungthuygroup.vn 54 Vietnam Construction and Import - Export Joint Stock Corporation www.vinaconex.com.vn 55 Vietnam National Chemical Corporation - 56 Vietnam National Coal - Mineral Industries Group www.vinacomin.com.vn 57 Vietnam National Shipping Lines www.vinalines.com.vn/ 58 Vietnam National Tobacco Corporation www.vinataba.com.vn 59 Vietnam National Vegetable, Fruit & agricultural Product Corporation www.vegatexcovn.com.vn 60 Vietnam Oil and Gas Group www.petrovietnam.vn 61 VietnamPaper Corporation www.vinapaco.com.vn 62 VietnamRubber Group www.rubbergroup.vn 63 Vietnam Russia Joint Venture Bank http://vrbank.com.vn 64 Vietnam Southern Food Corporation (Vinafood II) www.vinafood2.com.vn 65 Vietnam Steel Corporation www.vnsteel.vn 66 Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Corporation I - 67 Vietnam Telecommunication Development and Investment JSC - 68 Viglacera Ha Long Joint stock company www.halongceramic.com 69 Vinaconex - PVC Construction Investment Joint Stock Company   70 Xuan Hoa Company www.xuanhoa.com 71 Agriculuture and Irrigation Mechanization Electrification Construction Corporation http://www.agrimeco.com.vn 72 Angiang Fisheries Import & Export joint stock company www.agifish.com.vn 73 Anh Trang Trading company Limited www.anhtrang.com.vn 74 Anhoa Paper., JSC - About Singapore Business Federation (SBF) For media enquiries please contact: Gerald De Cotta, Tel: 6827 6896 Genette Koh, Tel: 6827 6874 back to top

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