EuroCham to celebrate 20 years in Vietnam soon

This prestigious black-tie event, taking place at the Gem Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, will include an audience of hundreds of business leaders, investors and ambassadors from across Europe and Vietnam.

On top of fine food and beverage, live entertainment and special guest speakers, the event will also include EuroCham’s first-ever Business Awards. Hundreds of companies from all sectors have entered the competition, hoping to win one of five awards up for grabs:

• Business Excellence: This award will recognise the business that has shown long-term growth and success, been a model of responsible and profitable business and made a real contribution to Vietnam over the last two decades.

• Entrepreneurship: This award will recognise the business that has been the most innovative, creative, disruptive and competitive, and overcome challenges to become successful in Vietnam.

• Alumni: This award will recognise a Vietnamese citizen who has made the biggest contribution to Vietnam after being educated in Europe.

• Best Start-Up: Vietnam is a magnet for start-up companies. This award will recognise the most innovative, enterprising and forward-thinking new European companies in Vietnam.

• Sustainability Initiatives: This award will recognise the business that has done the most to adopt sustainable practices and reduce its environmental impact in Vietnam.

An independent panel of judges will draw up a shortlist from the hundreds of nominated companies and individuals, and the winner of each award will be announced on the night.

The EuroCham Gala Dinner & Business Awards is a chance to rub shoulders with some of the biggest and most innovative business leaders and investors in Vietnam, including many of EuroCham’s one thousand members.

And with the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement set to be ratified soon – opening the door to huge new trade and investment opportunities – it has never been so important to build new bridges between the domestic and international business communities.

The EuroCham Gala Dinner is the perfect chance to make new connections ahead of this historic trade deal coming into force.

Formed in 1998 with just 60 members, the Chamber now represents over 1,000 investors, business leaders and companies – including some of the world’s leading enterprises in all sectors and industries – making it one of the largest foreign business association in Asia.

With offices in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, and regional Chapters in Central, North-eastern and South-eastern Vietnam, EuroCham’s mission is to represent the business interests of its members and to improve the trade and investment environment in Vietnam, for the benefit of all.

Over the last two decades, EuroCham has become an essential bridge between Europe and Vietnam, helping to build new relationships between the domestic and foreign business communities, representing the voice of businesses to the government of Vietnam and the highest levels of decision-making in Europe.

In recognition of this important work, EuroCham has received a number of honours, including a Certificate of Merit from the Vietnamese Prime Minister at the conference on ‘30 Years of Foreign Direct Investment’ in Hanoi last month.

The chamber is also a proactive member of the Advisory Council for Administrative Procedures Reform (ACAPR), under the direction of the Prime Minister, as well as the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF), helping to streamline and reform Vietnam’s legal framework.

EuroCham also published the 10th edition of its Whitebook in 2018, marking a decade of positive efforts to improve the trade and investment environment for domestic and foreign companies alike.