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INVITATION TO VBF CONSULTATION WORKSHOPS ON TWO REPORTS SURVEYING PRACTICAL BUSINESS INTERGRITY EXPERIENCES IN VIETNAM
The Vietnam Business Forum Consortium (VBF) in collaboration with Center for Social Governance Research (CENSOGOR) and Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) will be holding (02) workshops on two studies "Identifying corruption risks in doing business" and "Sharing corporate practical experience of preventing corruption risk in doing business” in Hanoi (20th February 2017) and Ho Chi Minh (22nd February 2017).
These workshops are for interested Businesses to learn about key findings of the studies and contribute to the study reports which will be finalized after the workshops. The involvement and open sharing of experiences and ideas by those engaged with and doing business in Vietnam is invaluable to the process of concluding meaningful research reports.
We would like to kindly invite you to participate in the half-day workshops with the details as follows:
In Hanoi:
• Time: 13.30 on Monday, 20th February 2017
• Venue: Pacific 1 & 2, 2nd Floor, Pan Pacific Hotel, No.01 Thanh Nien Street, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
In Ho Chi Minh:
• Time: 8.30 on Wednesday, 22nd February 2017
• Venue: Diamond A, Sofitel Saigon Plaza, 17 Le Duan Boulevard, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Attendance is free of charge and click here for the tentative agenda with this invitation for your information.
Please kindly confirm your attendance and indicate which venue (Hanoi or HCM) you will attend by sending email to HKBAV at: hcmc@hkbav.org or Telephone: 848 3520 8668 by Tuesday, 14th February 2017.
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Vietnam Business Forum (“VBF”) Secretariat
T: (04) 3715 2223/ 3715 2226 F: (04) 3715 2218
E: info@vbf.org.vn W: www.vbf.org.vn/
Add: G/F, Pan Pacific Hanoi, No. 1 Thanh Nien Road, Ba Dinh Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
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