In 2013, EuroCham has organised numerous events and activities that facilitate doing business in Vietnam. Again, we have split these into information sharing, advocacy and other activities:
Information sharing.
Dialogues with Government officials and meetings with high-level visitors such as, H.E. Karel de Gucht, EU Commissioner for Trade, H.E. Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission and EU Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, H.E. Lê Lương Minh, Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to just mention a few.
Advocacy activities
Provided input on multiple regulatory initiatives, organised the ASEAN-EU Business Summit 2013, written the Whitebook 2013, inputted into the WTO review of Vietnam, supported the EU FTA negotiators with on-the-ground experiences.
Other activities
We have organised numerous events of social and business nature, from the European Food Festival through GreenBiz2013 to high-level meetings with Vietnamese Ministers and European Commissioners.