BeluxCham Vietnam entered a new partnership with Belgium – Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (BLCC) Collective in Asia through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). 

On the 1st of November 2021, Mr. Bart Verheyen – Chairman of BeluxCham Vietnam signed an MoU between BLCC in Asia including the BLCC of Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and The Belgian Vietnamese Alliance, The Benelux Chamber of Commerce in China (Shanghai Chapter), The Belgian-Filipino Business Club, The Belgian Korean Business Forum, The European Chambers of Cambodia, Myanmar, The Belgo-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and The Indo-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

The purpose of this MOU is to increase services offered to all Chambers’ members and enhance cooperation between all Chambers. The MOU is also towards the common goal of supporting Belgians/Luxembourg enterprises who have interest in developing business activities in the Asia market.

Furthermore, As part of this new partnership, the BLCC Collective in Asia will be collaborating closely on a series of activities in the coming months for the interest of Belgians/Luxembourg enterprises. These activities will be published on our website and social media. Stay tuned!

To download the PDF Here: List of Quarantine hotels with fee in HCMC (Updated Sep 2021)

Source: https://hcdc.vn/hoidap/index/chitiet/169be8afddadbcdf0724bd31cb9ba544

Dear BeluxCham Member,

As an incredibly tough 2021 will come to an end soon, it seemed an appropriate moment to end the year on a positive note.  Therefore we invite you to participate in the EuroCham Business Awards 2021.

This year, the EuroCham Business Awards 2021 will be a hybrid event and held on 19th November 2021. We encourage you to nominate yourself for 01 (one) or more of the categories below:

1. Best INITIATIVE to support Vietnam during the 4th wave of COVID-19: This award will recognize the member that has shown great initiative in implementing an efficient and meaningful action to support Vietnam during this crisis, been a model of empathetic business and made a significant contribution to Vietnam.

2. Best MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE to support workers, staff & their families: This award will recognize the business that has shown great commitment to its workers,   staff and their families during this extremely difficult time, mostly during the total lockdown   (summertime 2021) – It can be anything from financial support to moral support, or essential goods support, or healthcare support, etc.

3. Best GREEN & SUSTAINABLE INNOVATIVE Business: This award will recognize the     business that came up with environmentally friendly, green and/or sustainable action, or   improved its impact on the environment

BeluxCham can submit 01 (one) nomination for each of the above categories to the EuroCham longlist. The EuroCham Judges Panel (which consists of independent persons and are non-related to EuroCham) will select out of that list a shortlist of candidates to go into the grand finale on 19th November 2021. In case we have several member candidates for 1 or more of the Award categories, the Board will consider and select for submission the final BeluxCham candidate for each category before 1St November 2021

Dear BeluxCham members & Friends,

We would like to give a quick update on a few highlights of last week.

On Thursday 9 September, the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) attended a high-level meeting with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Government Ministers, and the European diplomatic corps to discuss the ongoing challenges of COVID-19. The four-hour dialogue – held in Hanoi and online – was also attended by Mr. Paul Jansen, the Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam and Mr. Erwin Debaere, BeluxCham’s delegate to the EuroCham Board. Among European business leaders, Mr Erwin Debaere emphasized the impact on companies of the Covid-19 restrictions and recommendations for economic recovery.

The proposals and recommendations were responded supportively to by members of the Government and the Prime Minister at the meeting. Read more here: https://www.eurochamvn.org/node/18865.

Furthermore, at the same date, our sister organization Belgian Vietnamese Alliance welcomed the National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ’s visit to Belgium. On this occasion, The Federal Government of Belgium donated 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines and pledged to extend its support to help Vietnam get more doses from the COVAX Facility.

Meanwhile, in Vietnam, BeluxCham also donated last week to the EuroCham Breathe Again`s campaign. This campaign initiated by our Honorary Consul, Mr Gricha Safarian, has so far collected over 1 million euros to buy medical equipment for hospitals in need. Read more on: https://breatheagain.fund/.

Proud to be part of Team Europe!