With the aim to attract foreign investment to Vietnam, VIETRADE will organize an “Investment Promotion Conference in Food Processing Industry” in the framework of the Vietnam International Food Industry Exhibition 2019 (Vietnam Foodexpo 2019).
1. Date and Time: 08:30 – 12:00, Thursday, November 14th 2019
2. Venue: 2nd floor, Sai Gon Exhibition & Convention Center, Ho Chi Minh City
3. Speakers:
– Representative from Vietnamese Ministries and Provincial governments
– Foreign companies invested in Vietnam
– Vietnamese food processing companies
– Law and advisory firms with experiences in supporting foreign investors
4. Agenda
| Time | Content | Expected speaker |
| 08:30 | Registration | |
| 09:00 | Speech | Director Board of Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade |
| 09:10 | Speech | Director Board of EU Delegalion to Vietnam |
| 09:20 | Presentation:
Overview of Vietnam’s food processing industry |
Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency Representative |
| 09:35 | Documentary: Food processing industry in Vietnam | |
| 09:40 | Presentation:
Investment promotion policies for hi-tech food processing projects |
Representative of the Foreign Investment Agency – Ministry of Planning and Investment |
| 09:55 | Discussion session 1: Export opportunities of the Food Processing industry
Topic: · Direct export: Opportunities when EVFTA takes effect. · Export via e-commerce. · Export via supermarket systems. · Export via Made in Vietnam trademark. Expected coordinators: Mr. Claudio/ Mr. Adam/ Mr. Alex Koff Expected speakers: · Representative of EUROCHAM · Representative of Amazon Global Selling · Representative of supermarket systems such as AOE, LOTTE… · Agro Processing and Market Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development |
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| 10:30 | Teabreak | |
| 10:45 | Presentation: The story of Investment in Vietnam | Foreign investment enterprises |
| 11:00 | Discussion session 2: Investment and product development trends
Topic: · Potential in investment and technology transfer of food processing between Vietnam and the EU. · The importance of global value chains in developing Vietnamese small and medium food companies. · Food packaging trends. · Sharing of hi-tech investment companies in food processing and manufacturing.
Expected coordinators: Mr. Claudio/ Mr. Adam/ Mr. Alex Koff Expected speakers: · Representative of EUROCHAM · Representative of AMCHAM · Representative of USAID · Representative of Vietnam – Korea Product Design Center · Representative of Vietnamese businesses |
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| 11:30 | Trading | |
| 12:00 | End of the program | |
In this regard, VIETRADE kindly invites your esteemed organization to participate in the conference and meet directly with Vietnamese enterprises to discuss the co-operation in doing business and calling for investment.
Please kindly register in advance through the link https://forms.gle/CvFuFogqCKwXmkpKA.
For further details of the conference, I would be grateful if you could refer to our point of contact:
Ms. Nguyen Linh Ngan – Mobile: (+84) 945 721 293
Email: investprocen@vietrade.gov.vn ; ngannl@vietrade.gov.vn
Thank you for your kind cooperation and I believe that your support will significantly contribute to the success of the conference.
