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Vietnam officially became a member of the WTO on January 11, 2007. This has ushered in a new era of global investment and many US global technology leaders are leading the way.

Intel’s Country Manager, Phuc Than, will be on hand to discuss the investment environment in Vietnam, the technology industry and Intel’s $1 billion dollar investment into VN.

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Date: February 8, 2007
Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM
Event Name: Accessing the New Vietnam Market
Location: Wynham Hotel
3350 Avenue of the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
714-751-5100
Registration Information: pre-register at www.vsvn.org
Cost: free, limited spacing
Contact: Van 714-724-2740
Event details: A seminar by a group of seasoned government, consulting and legal experts to talk about how best to access the trade and investment opportunities in the New Vietnam, a new member of the WTO since January More »

Source: Vietnam Economic Times - January 2, 2007

The fast-growing economy of Vietnam is forecast to bag around $10 billion from exports to the United States in 2007, up 25% against 2006, according to Nguyen Duy Khien, Vietnamese Trade Counselor to the US.

The strong growth of the country’s export value is fueled by advantages generated from full membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the US’s approval of permanent normal More »

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Tufts University is organizing the SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING IN VIETNAM in Hanoi on July 25-28, 2007. For more information, please go to the conference’s website. More Info

By Karl John

HANOI - After nearly 11 years of protracted negotiations and intense horse-trading with the United States, Vietnam on Thursday officially became the 150th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), opening the way for more foreign trade and investment to speed the communist country’s capitalist transformation.

Vietnam’s Communist Party leaders have stutter-stepped toward a market economy since the mid-1980s, at times encouraging foreign investors, at others driving More »