Chairman of BeluxCham Vietnam pays an official visit to Luxembourg

On 11 and 12 January 2022, Mr. Bart Verheyen – Chairman of BeluxCham Vietnam visited Luxembourg to strengthen BeluxCham`s ties with companies there as well as with the Luxembourg authorities.

During the first day, he met several companies which are planning to start or to scale up their activities in Vietnam.  The meeting results were very welcomed by those companies as they got firsthand information and appreciated BeluxCham`s strong commitment as their local Chamber in Vietnam.

On the same day, Mr. Bart also had a meeting with Mr Max Fischbach, Attaché at Ministry of the Economy- Directorate General for Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion and Mr. Ben Bosch, Ministry of the Economy.

They discussed several initiatives on how both the Luxembourg Government and BeluxCham will further strengthen the business relations between Luxembourg and Vietnam.

On the second day, Mr. Bart met with Mr Philippe Linster, CEO of  House of Startups (HoST), Mr Alex Panican, Head of Partnerships and Ecosystem at Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), Ms Cindy Tereba, Director International Affairs Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Mr Malik Zeniti, Director of the Cluster for Logistics. These meetings aimed to introduce BeluxCham Vietnam and to discuss cooperation opportunities between BeluxCham and these organizations in the near future.

On this occasion, we would like to thank Ms. Edith Stein, Senior Advisor International Affairs at Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Ms Sabrina Aksil, Markets Coordinator International Affairs at Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce for their generous support during this visit.

BeluxCham Vietnam received the renewed Accreditation as bilateral Chamber

We are pleased to announce that the Federation of Belgian Chambers has renewed our Accreditation as bilateral Chamber for the next 3 years!

Accreditation was given to 33 Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce worldwide which together form the Association of Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce Abroad (BLCCA).

The BLCCA accreditation is an officially certified quality label that gives our members the confidence that we are a professional, trustworthy and competent partner to work with.

Being part of the BLCCA global network also means more opportunities and leverage for our members!

BeluxCham Vietnam concluded a MOU with BLCC Collective in Asia

On 16 December 2021, BeluxCham Vietnam concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with more than 10 other BeLux & EuroCham Chambers in Asia. This MoU is the next step in our ever-increasing pan-Asian collaboration and serves to provide more benefits to our members.

Chamber members are now invited to review the event calendars of the participating Chambers and when interested, participate on the same conditions as members from the organizing Chamber. This applies to webinars but also to in-person events, which is especially attractive once business travel fully resumes.

The participating Chambers in this MoU are:

  • The Belgium-Luxembourg Chambers of Commerce in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore & Vietnam
  • The Belgian-Filipino Business Club
  • The Belgian Korean Business Forum
  • The Belgo-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry
  • The Belgian Vietnamese Alliance
  • The European Chambers of Commerce of Myanmar & Cambodia (Benelux Chapter)

Please reach out to your account manager for more information on this great new development, or to immediately register for an event of your interest!

25 years of Wallonia-Brussels cooperation with Vietnam

The Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation was set up in Vietnam in 1996. Six years later, bilateral ties continued growing well with the signing of an important agreement between the Vietnamese Government and the French Community of Belgium, the Wallonia region, and the French Community Commission of the Brussels-Capital Region (COCOF).

More than 30 high-ranking official visits have been made, helping to enhance their partnership, mutual trust, and experience sharing toward sustainable development, Dervaux noted.

So far, 783 joint projects approved by the Vietnam – Wallonia-Brussels General Delegation Joint Committee have gained encouraging results. The two sides have given special attention to cooperation in health care, environment, new technology, tertiary education, vocational training, scientific research, culture, and the French language.

Cooperation orientations for 2022 – 2024 will be identified basing on the Vietnamese Government’s priorities in the socio-economic development plan for 2021 – 2025 as well as the strengths of Wallonia-Brussels, Dervaux noted, adding that the level of traditional cooperation will be elevated and new cooperation fields created.

The two sides will focus their ties on social issues, health care, human resources development, culture, scientific research, industrial development, agriculture, and logistics, among others. Reed more here: https://en.nhandan.vn/politics/item/10525902-wallonia-brussels-to-keep-enhancing-ties-with-vietnam-representative.html

BeluxCham meeting with Federation of Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers Of Commerce Abroad

On 20 October 2021, Mr. Bart Verheyen – BeluxCham Chairman had a friendly meeting with Mr. Wouter Van Gulck, General Manager of Federation of Belgian-Luxembourg Chambers Of Commerce Abroad (BLCCA) and Mrs. Brigitte Verkinderen, Coordinator and Board member BLCCA together with Mr. Dung Linh Thai, BeluxCham member and Ms. Bernadette van Lidth de Jeude, BeluxCham Country Representative in Belgium and Luxembourg.
In the meeting, they had discussed how BLCCA can support BeluxCham’s new visions and missions in the next coming years.