ASEAN looks to boost investment

Ha Noi — The ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ASEAN-BIS) will run from October 26-28 in Ha Noi.

This year's theme will be "Towards the ASEAN Community: From Vision to Action".

The event is expected to attract between 800 and 1,000 delegates, including government officials, policy-makers, economists and business leaders from around the world.

ASEAN-BIS, organised by the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC), will be held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.

The event was designed to build ASEAN into an open, dynamic and prosperous community and served as a dialogue forum for the public and private sectors to propose measures to facilitate and promote ASEAN economic initiatives, Doan Duy Khuong, ASEAN-BAC chairman, said at a press briefing in Ha Noi yesterday.

Within the ASEAN-BIS framework, a series of dialogues would be held with strategic regional partners, such as Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Russia, he added.

The dialogues would mark an important period in the process of maintaining and promoting long-term sustainable co-operation between ASEAN and its strategic partners, Khuong said.

During the summit, the 2010 ASEAN Business Awards will be held. — VNS

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Analytica expo 2011 to be held in HCM City

Domestic and foreign companies will display their products on laboratory
technology, analysis, biotechnology and diagnostics at the Analytica
Vietnam 2011 to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from April 7-9.

The exhibition, the second of its kind in Vietnam , will be
coorganised by Munich Exhibition Company of Germany and the National
Agency for Science and Technology Information (NASATI), according to
information released at a press briefing held in HCM City on
September 9 by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Advanced equipment and technologies used in areas such as chemical,
electronics, pharmaceuticals, health care and environment will be
showcased at 250 booths at the event.

Within the
framework of the event, there will be a two-day seminar, during which
the world’s leading scientists will present latest themes in related
industries and exchange experiences as well as achievements in science.
The seminar is expected to see the participation of about 300 scientists
from countries worldwide, including Italy , Germany , China , Japan
and Singapore .

Especially, research institutes
and laboratories will have chance to update information about the
international standard ISO 17025.

According to Phung
Minh Lai, deputy head of NASATI, the exhibition will offer domestic and
foreign enterprises an opportunity to seek out partners and expand
their business while contributing to the fulfilment of several
national targets, including 10 percent to 15 percent growth rate in the
chemical industry each year, and building self-production capacity in
areas like petrochemistry and chemical products in agriculture and
pharmaceuticals.

Nicole Klammer, Director of
Analytica Asia, said over 15 German companies and eight French
enterprises have confirmed their participation at the exhibition while a
number of other leading companies across the world have registered.

The first Analytica Vietnam held in 2009 attracted 74 companies from 11 nations worldwide./.

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