EuroCham Business Awards 2026: Guidelines for Direct Member Nomination

Welcome to the EuroCham Business Awards 2026 season! We are proud to continue the tradition to spotlight excellence across our business community.

If you are an EuroCham direct member, please refer to this year’s award categories, competition format, and nomination guidelines below.

Award categories

Business Awards 2026 champion pioneers across four categories:

1. Green Business of the Year: Celebrating businesses that demonstrate outstanding commitment to environmental sustainability and integrating green practices into their core operations.
2. Business Innovation: Recognising businesses redefining their industries in Vietnam through creativity, adaptability, and impactful innovation. 
3. Community Impact: Spotlighting businesses whose Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives make a real difference – creating lasting value for people and communities across Vietnam. 
4. Start-up of the Year (NEW): Celebrating emerging businesses that demonstrates unique market value, strong growth momentum and market potential.

In each of the first three category, there are two sub-categories: Large Enterprise (LE) and Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME). One winner from each sub-category will be selected. For the Start-up of the Year Award, one winner will be selected.

Eligibility

EuroCham Business Awards are open exclusively to current EuroCham members, including EuroCham Direct members and members from our nine affiliated business associations. 

For Green Business of the Year, Business Innovation, and Community Impact Awards:

To qualify for Large Enterprise sub-category, a business must meet at least one condition: 

• More than 500 employees in Vietnam; or 
• More than 1,000 employees globally; or 
• Has operations in more than 5 countries 

Businesses who do not meet any of the conditions above will qualify for SME sub-category. 

For Start-up of the Year Award:

To qualify as a start-up, businesses must meet all of the following conditions:

• Not older than 5 years of age (from establishment date till the award nomination deadline);
• Must not be a subsidiary or branch of a corporate entity.

How to enter

EuroCham Direct Members

EuroCham Direct Members (those who are direct members of EuroCham, not members of one of the eight EuroCham-affiliated European Business Associations) should: 

1. Complete the nomination form for the relevant award:
2. Green Business of the Year – click here
3. Business Innovation – click here
4. Community Impact – click here
5. Start-up of the Year – click here
6. Send it to marketing@eurochamvn.org by 11:59 PM on 28 September 2026. Please be mindful of the deadline, as late submissions will not be accepted. 

If you are unsure whether you are a Direct Member of EuroCham or a member of one of the EuroCham-affiliated European Business Associations, please contact membership@eurochamvn.org for clarification.

Members of EuroCham’s Affiliated Business Associations

Members of EuroCham’s eight affiliated European Business Associations should follow these guidelines: 

• Please refer to the respective Business Association’s staff for updates on the nomination procedures. You can find their contact info on each of their websites:
  • Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (Beluxcham) 
  • Central and Eastern European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (CEEC) 
  • Dutch Business Association Vietnam (DBAV) 
  • French Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vietnam (CCIFV) 
  • German Business Association (GBA) 
  • Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM) 
  • Nordic Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (Nordcham) 
  • Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (SCCV) 
• If you send nominations to EuroCham directly, we will forward them to the appropriate Business Association’s staff.  

Competition format

Similar to 2025, EuroCham Business Awards 2026 follows a Champions’ League format. 

Nomination by Business Associations: Each of EuroCham’s eight affiliated Business Associations will nominate companies from their members for each category in EuroCham’s Business Awards 2026. The rule for nomination allowance is as follows: 

• Business Associations with fewer than 100 members*: Can nominate up to 1 company per sub-category. 
• Business Associations with 100+ members*: Can nominate up to 2 companies per sub-category. 
• Business Associations with 200+ members*: Can nominate up to 3 companies per sub-category. 

*Based on each BA’s membership size recorded in 31 December 2025.

Nomination from EuroCham Direct Members: EuroCham direct members will submit their nominations directly via EuroCham. EuroCham will nominate up to 2 nominees per sub-category. In case there are more than 2 nominations in any sub-category from EuroCham Direct Members, a Board of Director panel will assess and choose the finalists.  

Judging process

Judging Panel Evaluation for Green Business of the Year, Business Innovation, and Start-up of the Year Awards  

• The pool of candidates will include nominations from business associations, adhering to the nomination limits mentioned above, plus up to 2 additional nominations per sub-category from EuroCham. 
• Our judging panel will thoroughly review all the companies in this pool, evaluating them based on the award criteria (stated in the nomination forms).
• For each criterion, each nominee will receive a score of 1-5 (with 5 indicating best performance) from our judges. The final score of each company will be the total scores given by all judges.  
• For each award category, one Large Enterprise (LE) with the highest final score among LEs, and one SME with the highest final score among SMEs will be named winners.
• The final winners of each award will be announced at the EuroCham Business Awards Ceremony on 9 December in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Voting process for Community Impact Award: 

• The pool of candidates will include nominations from business associations, adhering to the nomination limits mentioned above, plus up to 2 additional nominations per sub-category from EuroCham. 
• The winners will be selected by an open public vote. The voting link, accompanied by nominees’ submission information will be shared via EuroCham’s communication channels.
• Voting period: 23 Oct – 6 Nov 2026 (tentative)
• The final winners will be announced at the EuroCham Business Awards Ceremony on 9 December in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Questions or comments?

Please contact EuroCham’s Marketing & Communications team at marketing@eurochamvn.org.