1. Co-organizing business events to promote Canada-Vietnam trade and investment
– See all events at https://www.canada-vietnamtrade.org/events
All photo credits: Canada-Vietnam Trade Council
Fireside chat with the Hon. Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion, at the CPTPP: Vietnam event on March 11, 2019 in Toronto, with the participation of the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS), Export Development Canada (EDC), Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and other business organizations.
See LinkedIn post.
Canada and Vietnam are members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with bilateral trade at $14 billion in 2023. Vietnam is Canada’s largest trading partner in the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and 6th largest in the Indo-Pacific.
Co-organized CPTPP: One year later event with the City of Toronto, January 2020.
See LinkedIn post.
2. Supporting outbound trade missions to Vietnam and inbound to Canada
Moderated roundtable discussion on Canada-ASEAN trade at Vaughan Chamber of Commerce, ahead of Team Canada Trade Mission to Malaysia and Vietnam, March 2024.
See Vaughan Chamber of Commerce Vice-President’s LinkedIn post.
Co-organized Vietnam-Markham Business Forum with Markham Board of Trade on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Canada-Vietnam relations, with business mission from Vietnam-Canada Friendship Association, November 2023.
See Markham Board of Trade President’s LinkedIn post.
Received trade mission from Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO), in collaboration with the Trade Facilitation Office Canada (TFO Canada), 2016.