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The forum will take place with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, chairman of the National Council for Sustainable Development and Enhance Competitiveness, many ministerial leaders, representative of UN in Vietnam, international organizations, research institutes leaders, businesses and business associations.
This is the third time VCSF is held to raise awareness about the importance and benefits of sustainable development to enterprises, the community and society; promote business towards sustainable development; strengthen exchanges and cooperation on sustainable development among stakeholders in Vietnam, including the business community, state agencies and civil society organizations; simultaneously, support Vietnam enterprises through learning best practices of sustainable development all over the world and economic integration; promote replication application of sustainability indicators in the business community in Vietnam.
At the forum, officials and businesses will have more sessions and round table discussion on hot issues such as Social enterprise towards sustainable development; Transparency and integrity in business; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainability reporting and indicators of sustainable enterprises.
* Partly from the forum, in the evening, "A ceremony to announce the ranking of Top 100 Sustainable Businesses 2016" will also be held and live broadcasted in VTV2.
Invitations to attend these important events will be sent to the Ministries and Businesses shortly.
With the aim to support Businesses in Vietnam to update information on latest trends and topics related to sustainable development, as well as to create a forum for discussion and experience sharing about current business practices and solutions of sustainable businesses, Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development (VBCSD) – Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry of (VCCI) is going to organize the "Sustainable development - Essential trend and its necessity for Businesses " Conference.
The workshop presents a unique opportunity to bring together of around 100 participants from business community, government agencies, international organizations, NGOs, business associations (both domestic and foreign), experts and media. A tentative agenda is attached for your reference.
Under the umbrella of the ‘Tomorrow is Green’ campaign, The Netherlands Embassy and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry have taken the initiative to organize an event to promote building sustainable business models in Vietnam.
To learn about the role of the chemical industry in economic development as well as Dow Chemical contribution and plans in the cooperation of manufacturing and industrial development in Vietnam, Vietnam Business Forum interviewed Mr. Tomoyuki Sasama, Vietnam Country Manager of Dow.
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