Euromoney Conferences is pleased to announce that 1500 investors attended the opening day of the Euromoney 2nd Annual Vietnam Investment Forum: Financing Growth Asia's Next Tiger on March 19 2007.
Delegates travelled from 36 countries to gain the latest updates on Vietnam's spectacular growth story. This exclusive by-invitation-only event took place at the Meliá Hanoi, Vietnam. With the State Capital Investment Corp (SCIC) as the government hosts of the conference, we were delighted to co-organise Vietnam's largest foreign investor conference.
Strong economic growth, successful reforms and WTO-entry marked 2006 as a remarkable year for Vietnam but what lies ahead for Asia's next tiger? Through high profile keynote addresses, interactive panel discussions and sector focus workshops, top government officials and international financiers came together to debate the macro-economic outlook for Vietnam and the opportunities and challenges posed by becoming a WTO member.
High profile speakers across the two days included HE Vu Van Ninh, minister of Finance, HE Luong Van Tu, deputy minister of Trade, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Dr Le Thi Bang Tam, Chairwoman, State Capital Investment Corporation, Dr Phung Khac Ke, deputy Governor, State Bank of Vietnam, Michael Geoghegan, Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc, Steve Targett, Group Managing director, Institutional, ANZ, Jean-Pierre Bernard, Regional Head, South-East Asia and India, BNP Paribas, John Shrimpton, Co-Founder and director, Dragon Capital, Tran Bac Ha, general director, Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, Dr Nguyen Thanh Toai, Executive vice President, Asia Commercial Bank, Nguyen Quang Trung, vice President, Sai Gon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Sacombank), and Le Song Lai, deputy general director, State Capital Investment Corporation.
The 36 countries represented in the audience were Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.A.E., United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
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