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INVITATION TO THE ANNUAL VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM 2020_7:30, TUES, 22 DEC AT LOTTE HANOI
We are pleased to inform that the Annual Vietnam Business Forum 2020 will be organized at 7:30 AM – 11:30 AM, Tuesday, 22nd December 2020.
The Forum will provide a platform to engage in a high-level policy dialogue with key decision-making Government officials. It will also be the opportunity to share with the business communities the meeting results as well as instructions by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at His Excellency’s private meeting with VBF representatives at the Office of the Government on 10th December 2020.
The Annual VBF 2020 will be co-chaired by Mr. Nguyen Chi Dung – Minister of Planning and Investment, Mr. Kyle F. Kelhofer – Senior Country Manager, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Cambodia, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and Mrs. Carolyn Turk – Country Director, the World Bank Vietnam.
We are pleased to invite you to attend the Forum at the following details:
Date: Tuesday, 22nd December, 2020
Time: 7:30am – 11:30am
Venue: Crystal Grand Ballroom, Lotte Hotel Hanoi, 54 Lieu Giai, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
The Tentative Agenda of the Forum for your information.
We would like to invite members from Chamber to participate in the Forum, to be applied with a Member rate of 750,000 VND/person.
For your information, the participation fee levels are as follows:
Member*: 750,000 VND/person
Non-Member: 1,000,000 VND/person
* Members are those of VBF Chambers as well as VBF Working Groups. Please refer to the enclosed Notes on Registration for details.
Your confirmation for attendance should include the following details: Full name, title, organization/ company, email address, and phone number (optional), and be sent to the VBF Secretariat at forum.registration@vbf.org.vn (copy hcmc@hkbav.org) by 20th December 2020. For payment details, please kindly refer to our enclosed Notes on Registration.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Thank you for your attention and we look forward to your valued cooperation.
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