WEBINAR: UKVFTA – WHAT UK BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW?

As the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) officially entered into force on May 1, 2021, British Chamber of Commerce Vietnam, in co-operation with the British Embassy in Vietnam, would like to deliver a webinar with topic: UKVFTA – WHAT UK BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW?

This virtual event will provide British businesses and Vietnamese businesses in co-operation with up-to-date information on the UKVFTA.

Event info:

Topic: “UKVFTA – WHAT UK BUSINESSES NEED TO KNOW?”
Date and time: 04:00 pm – 05:30 pm Vietnam Time (10:00 am – 11:30 am UK Time), Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Venue: Online via Zoom
Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oVznZDjYRfOKQFV-y8P8Xg

The speakers:

H.E. Gareth Ward, UK Ambassador to Vietnam
Heather Wheeler, the Prime Ministers Trade Envoy to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
Luong Hoang Thai (TBC) Director General of Multilateral Trade Policies Department/ Ministry of Industry and Trade
Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Director of WTO Centre/Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ho Chi Minh City Branch (VCCI-HCM)
Christopher Jeffery, British Chamber of Commerce Viet Nam
Bob Fletcher, Deloitte Vietnam
Warrick Cleine, KPMG Vietnam

Tentative agenda:

04:00 – 04:05	Welcome speech by: -Chris Jeffery, British Chamber of Commerce Viet Nam
04:05 – 04:10	Opening Remarks by: – Heather Wheeler, the Prime Ministers Trade Envoy to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam
04:10 – 04:25	Keynote address by: -Mr. Luong Hoang Thai, Director General of Multilateral Trade Policies Dept, Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (TBC) Overview of the UKVFTA
04:25 – 04:40	Topic 1: UKVFTA– Key Commitments – Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, Director of WTO Centre/VCCI
04.40 – 04.55	Topic 2: UKVFTA Opportunities – Trade in Goods – Bob Fletcher, Deloitte Vietnam
04:55 – 05.10	Topic 3: UKVFTA Opportunities – Trade in Services – Warrick Cleine, KPMG
05:10 – 05:25	Q&A
05:25 – 05:30	Closing remark by Gareth Ward, British Ambassador to Viet Nam