Upcoming Events

With the world’s economy recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, managing risks and adjusting strategies for post-pandemic development have become amongst the top priorities for many businesses. However, organisations, especially small and medium enterprises, are now facing difficulties in forecasting future trends due to uncertainties caused by the pandemic. In the first half of 2021, Vietnam saw more than 70,000 businesses withdrawing from the market, an increase of nearly 25% year-on-year, and most of which were of small scale or established under 5 years.

According to World Bank’s experts, firms that survived the COVID-19 crisis are older and more productive; they also tend to be innovators, use digital technology, and operate in less burdensome business environments. So what does it take for a business to not only survive, but also innovate and thrive in a changing future?

In collaboration with the British Chamber and Alchemy Asia

Take a journey across Vietnam with Lady Triệu Gin and Master Distiller Adam Westbrook. Discover the bio-diverse rural areas of Vietnam that create the unique and contemporary flavours of The Lab Series: Lady Triệu’s range of limited release, regionally inspired gins.

Elevate your Home Happy Hour as Adam guides you through a selection of simple Lady Triệu Gin cocktails to make at home. Followed by Richie Fawcett, artist and bartender educator. Richie will provide a tour of his cocktail art studio so that we can get a glimpse of the work he has been undertaking during lockdown with Dewar’s Ginger Highball. Richie will conclude his tour with a selection of cocktails drawn from the pages of his “Cocktail Art of Saigon Drinks Manual”

All participants will receive EITHER a Lady Triệu Gin and tonic set featuring your choice of gin from The Lab Series 200ml collection, plus 2 bottles of Fever-Tree Premium Tonic Water & a Lady Triệu Gin and tonic glass OR get a Dewar’s Ginger Highball set with Dewar’s White Label half size bottle and 4 bottles of Fever-Tree Ginger Ale and 2 Dewar’s rock glasses to enjoy the cocktail – OR BOTH!

OECD, in collaboration with business associations in Viet Nam AmCham, AusCham, BritCham and EuroCham, is holding a series of webinars on building resilient supply chain in the context of Viet Nam.

The first webinar “Integrating Responsible Business Conduct to Create a Resilient Garment Industry” will include a brief presentation of the OECD’s Garment & Footwear Due Diligence Guidance (which will be launched in Vietnamese during the webinar), how it can help Vietnamese businesses become more resilient and future proof their place in the global supply chain.

COVID-19 has amplified the voices from many stakeholders on the importance of rethinking global supply chains. Adopting Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) standards can help businesses become more resilient when exposed to Global Value Chains (GVC) disruptions. Responsible Business Conduct (RBC) means integrating and considering environmental and social issues within core business activities, including throughout your supply chain. A key element of RBC is risk-based due diligence – a process through which businesses identify, prevent, and mitigate their actual and potential adverse impacts on people and planet – and account for how those impacts are addressed.

The webinar is bringing together key speakers in the garment industry including policy makers, business associations, global and domestic companies, and trade union representatives. A Business Consultation session will be available where the companies and manufacturers can share experiences and ask questions directly to the OECD and other speakers.