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SUMMARY:2014 Vietnam SME workshop HCMC
DESCRIPTION:Business Alliance for SMEs Organizes First Workshop to Boost Regional Trade\n\nHO CHI MINH CITY\, April 22\, 2014   Today\, the United States and the U.S. private sector launched the first activity in their partnership formed in collaboration with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote small and medium enterprise (SME) development and growth to bolster trade across the region.\n\nFormed by the US-ASEAN Business Council and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)\, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Alliance for Competitive SMEs focuses on training\, sharing of information and mentoring and builds on the Council's SME training program created at the request of the ASEAN Economic Ministers in 2011.\n\n \n\n"By partnering with USAID we are expanding the resources\, scope and diversity of SME training in the run-up to the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015\," said US-ASEAN Business Council President\, Alexander Feldman. "As in the United States\, SMEs in ASEAN are a critical part of the economy which will continue to power Southeast Asia in the years to come."\n\n \n\nToday's launch workshop in Ho Chi Minh City\, provided 150 Vietnamese entrepreneurs with the basic skills and knowledge needed to enter international markets which are often very different to those used to sell locally. Experts shared insights on cross-border e-commerce\, exporting to global markets\, and best practices of global suppliers by leaders from U.S. firms such as UPS\, Baker and McKenzie\, Coca-Cola\, Google\, Microsoft and Visa.  The information provided will enable participating SMEs to be more competitive as they seek to grow their companies.\n\n"UPS is proud to be part of this workshop to inaugurate the activities of this public-private initiative. We welcome the opportunity to share best business practices including how logistics can support the competitiveness of SMEs when participating in global supply chains\," said UPS Vice President for Public Affairs\, Shiumei Lin.  \n\nFuture Business Alliance activities will be held throughout the region with the next events planned for June in Malaysia and Indonesia.  The Alliance is also working to establish a cloud-based portal to support Southeast Asian SMEs.\n\nFor more information about the U.S.-ASEAN Business Alliance for Competitive SMEs\, contact Anthony Nelson at the US-ASEAN Business Council (anelson@usasean.org) or Mr. Chanyut Nitikitpaiboon (cnitikitpaiboon@usaid.gov) at USAID.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;">Business Alliance for SMEs Organizes First Workshop</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size:14.0pt\;"> to Boost Regional Trade</span></span></strong><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">HO CHI MINH CITY\, April 22\, 201</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">4</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> &ndash\; </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Today\, <span style="background:white\;">the United States and the U.S. private sector launched the first activity in their partnership formed in collaboration with </span>the </span><span style="background:white\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</span></span> <span style="background:white\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">(ASEAN) to promote small and medium enterprise (SME) development and growth to bolster trade across the region.</span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">F</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">ormed by the US-ASEAN Business Council and the U.S. Agency for International Development</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> (USAID)</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">\, </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">t</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">he U.S.-ASEAN Business Alliance for Competitive SMEs focuses</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> on t</span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">raining\, sharing </span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">of </span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">information and mentoring</span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> and </span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">builds on the Council&#39\;s SME training program created at the request of the ASEAN Economic Ministers in 2011</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">&ldquo\;By partnering with </span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">USAID</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> we are expanding the resources\, scope and diversity of SME training in the run-up to the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">\,&rdquo\;</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> said US-ASEAN Business Council President\, Alexander Feldman. </span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">&ldquo\;</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">As in the U</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">nited States</span></span><span style="color:#222222\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">\, SMEs in ASEAN are a critical part of the economy which will continue to power Southeast Asia in the years to come.&rdquo\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Today&rsquo\;s </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">launch workshop </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">in Ho Chi Minh City\, </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">provide</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">d</span> <span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">150 Vietnamese </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">entrepreneurs with the basic skills and knowledge needed to enter international markets which are often very different </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">to</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;"> those used to sell locally. </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Experts shared </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">insights on cross-border e-commerce\, exporting to global markets\, and best practices of global suppliers by leaders from U.S. firms such as UPS\, </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Baker and McKenzie\, Coca-Cola\, Google\, Microsoft and </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Visa.&nbsp\; The information provided will enable participating SMEs to be more competitive as they seek to grow their companies.</span><br />\n<span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">&ldquo\;UPS is proud to be part of this </span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">workshop to inaugurate the activities of this public-private initiative</span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">. We welcome the opportunity to </span></span><span style="color:black\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">share best business practices including how logistics can support the competitiveness of SMEs when participating in global supply chains\,&rdquo\; said UPS Vice President for Public Affairs\, Shiumei Lin.&nbsp\; </span></span><br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Future Business Alliance activities will be held throughout the region with the next events planned for June in Malaysia and Indonesia.&nbsp\; The Alliance is also working to establish a cloud-based portal </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">to </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">support </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Southeast Asian </span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">SME</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">s</span><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">.</span><br />\n<em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">For more information about the U.S.-ASEAN Business Alliance for Competitive SMEs\, contact Anthony Nelson at the US-ASEAN Business Council (</span></em><a href="mailto:anelson@usasean.org"><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">anelson@usasean.org</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">)</span></em> <em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">or </span></em><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Mr. Chanyut Nitikitpaiboon (</span></em><a href="mailto:cnitikitpaiboon@usaid.gov"><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">cnitikitpaiboon@usaid.gov</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">) at USAID</span></em><em><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">.</span></em>
LOCATION:New World Saigon hotel 76 Le Lai Street\, District 1\, Ho Chi Minh City
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URL:http://memberzone.usasean.org/events/details/2014-vietnam-sme-workshop-hcmc-04-22-2014-1139
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