South Australia-Vietnam Business Council serves to connect businesses

VOV.VN - Vietnam-Australia economic relations are seeing rapid development, as demonstrated by the establishment of the South Australia - Vietnam Business Council which will help further promote the connection between Australia as well as South Australia state with Vietnam.

The South Australia-Vietnam Business Council has just made its debut with around 70 members who are entrepreneurs working in various fields in South Australia state, and they are keen to enhance connectivity with the Southeast Asian nation.

Those attending the launch ceremony included Nguyen Dang Thang, Vietnamese Consul General in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland alongside Francis Wong, chairman of the South Australia-Vietnam Business Council and representative of Becamex IDC.

Francis Wong, chairman of the South Australia - Vietnam Business Council stated that after several years working as a representative of Becamex IDC in Australia, he had plenty of opportunities to return to Vietnam and help Australian entrepreneurs meet Vietnamese partners.

According to him Australia in general and South Australia in particular boast huge potential for cooperation with Vietnam across a variety of fields such as agriculture, technology, education, healthcare, and service.

However, many South Australians, including businessmen, do not understand much about the Southeast Asian nation, he said while underlining the necessity of establishing the South Australia - Vietnam Business Council as a way of helping more and more Australian businesses get a better understanding about Vietnam's potential.

Upon addressing the event, Nguyen Dang Thang, Vietnamese Consul General in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland highlighted great potential for broader cooperation between the two nations,

Notably, the strategy to strengthen economic cooperation adopted by both nations' Prime Ministers have identifies nine key areas of cooperation that the two countries have strengths and will promote in the time ahead.

The nine areas are quite similar to the ones that the South Australian administration has identified for development in order to meet growing needs among states and globally.

According to Francis Wong, many businessmen in South Australia are highly interested in Vietnam. Currently, the South Australian Business Council has about 70 members, and the figure is expected to increase to 200 over the next one and a half year.

In the coming years the South Australia - Vietnam Business Council will step up research in order to introduce Vietnam to its members, with information regarding Vietnam's potential and needs be provided to members through seminars.

The Council will also help connect with the Vietnamese Consulate General in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland to provide information to businesses in need, thus making it easier for them to seek business opportunities in various Vietnamese localities.

On this occasion, the Consulate General of Vietnam in New South Wales, South Australia and Queensland and the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia also introduced fresh fruit products imported from Vietnam by 4 Ways Fresh company to consumers in South Australia.

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