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Click here for the full list of our past programs.
The U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council and its educational affiliate, the U.S.-Vietnam
Trade Council Education Forum, have an ongoing program of events and technical
assistance programs designed to further relations and understanding between
the U.S. and Vietnam and to assist Vietnam with its goal of global integration.
The Trade Council and Education Forum are dedicated to strengthening the
foundation for a positive long- term relationship between the United States
and Vietnam.
With contributions from our Member companies and pursuant to grants from
Atlantic Philanthropies,
Tate II Foundation, the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), the U.S. Department
of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (formerly the
U.S. Information Agency), the U.S. Trade
and Development Agency, and other funding resources, the Trade Council and its
Education Forum conduct technical assistance programs such as internships, fellowships,
study missions, conferences, seminars, curriculum development and exchanges,
and other related events.
The U.S. - Vietnam Trade Council Education Forum currently provides technical
assistance to Vietnam on issues relating to the implementation of the
U.S. - Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA), and on issues raised
by Vietnam's accession to WTO. Our assistance
also covers key issues such as Intellectual
Property Rights, Goods, Services,
Investment, Transparency,
and Labor.
Past programs:
- April 3-12, 2008 in Washington, DC: Study Mission on Rule of Law and Legislative Reforms. Click here for more details about this program
- December 12-17, 2007 in Washington, DC: Administrative Reform Study Mission. Click here for more details about this program.
- December 5-14 in Los Angeles and Washington, DC: Trading and Distribution Rights Study Mission. Click here for more details about this program.
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USVTC and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce organized a study and internship program on Governance (October 2-22, 2007). Click here for more information about this program.
- USAID, STAR Vietnam, and USVTC State Bank of Vietnam Study Mission to Hong Kong and the U.S., May 29-June 9, 2007.Click here for more information about the SBV study mission
- USAID, STAR Vietnam, and USVTC Transparency Study Mission to Singapore and the U.S., April 10-22, 2007.
- USVTC Vietnam Customs Study Mission to Singapore, October 10-14. Download the Customs
Issues paper presented to
Vietnam General Department of Customs
in English and Vietnamese.
- STAR Vietnam, USAID, and USVTC Enforcement of Judgments Study Mission, San Francisco and Washington DC, September 27 - October 6, 2005. Click here for photos from the trip.
- STAR Vietnam, USAID, and USVTC Administrative Review & Judicial Appeal Study Mission, Denver, Colorado, Washington DC, and New York City, NY, July 27 - August 6, 2005
- STAR Vietnam, USAID and USVTC Enterprise Law & Investment Law Study Mission, Washington DC, Dover & Wilmington, DE and Boston, MA, July 30 - August 6, 2005
- Seminar & Workshop on International Trade Law, Trade Remedies, and Investor State Arbitration conducted by David Gantz - George Washington University Law School for Hanoi Law University and Ho Chi Minh University of Law, August 2004
- USVTC Financial Services and Budget Restructuring Study Mission to Singapore (Part II), March 22-25, 2004
- USVTC IPR Enforcement Study Mission, February 21-March 1, 2004
- USVTC and Georgetown University Law Center WTO Program for Delegation from National Committee for International Economic Cooperation (NCIEC), Washington, DC and New York, NY, March 2004
- Workshop on WTO accession for the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association by Demetrios Marantis (Chief Legal Advisor). Click here for the presentation in English or Vietnamese Ho Chi Minh City, February 2004
- "The Impact of Tariffs: Econometric and Empirical Analysis in Support of WTO Accession". Hanoi, September 29-30, 2003.
- Vietnam’s Accession to the WTO: Strategies for Negotiations and the Implementation Process, Seminar sponsored by New York Life International in cooperation with Vietnam Ministry of Trade and USVTC. Hanoi, August 2003
- USVTC Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) Study Mission, July 19-27, 2003
- USVTC Telecom Study Mission, July 12-19, 2003.
- USVTC Intellectual Property Rights Study Mission, Washington, DC, Mar 25-Apr 2, 2003. Click below for:
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Study Mission on Rule of Law and Legislative Reforms
Date: April 3 to 12, 2008
Location: Washington, DC
Led by: Mr. Nguyen Van Thuan, Chairman of the Law Committee of the National Assembly of Vietnam
Participants: 10 delegates from the Law Committee of the National Assembly
Objectives: The Study Mission aims to study the U.S. experience and practices in making legislation and regulations and enforcing them.
Funding: STAR, pursuant to financial support from the USAID
Administrative Reform Study Mission
Date: December 12 - 17, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Led by: Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Office of the Government
Participants: 8 participants from Office of the Government.
Objective: The objective of the mission is to learn the experiences in the U.S. in developing and implementing regulatory reforms and laws on administrative procedures. The focus of the mission is to study: the design and implementation of regulatory reform efforts to significantly simplify and rationalize a large number of regulations and administrative procedures in a short time to promote business and economic development; The design and development of a Law on Administrative Procedures to rationalize the procedures and authority for making and enforcing administrative procedures to ensure good regulatory and legal environment and improve the quality of first instance agency decisions.
To chair and participate in the TIFA negotiation with the USTR.
Funding: STAR, pursuant to financial support from the USAID
Trading and Distribution Rights Study Mission
Date: December 4 to December 14, 2007
Location: Los Angeles, CA and Washington, DC
Led by: Ms. Hoang Thi Tuyet Hoa – Deputy Director of Planning and Investment Department, Ministry of Industry and Trade
Participants: 10 participants from OOG, MOIT and MOF
Objective: The objective of this study mission is to support Vietnam's efforts to create a favorable legal framework for practicing trading and distribution rights, ensuring the effectiveness of tax management, and facilitating imports and exports. During the study mission in LA and DC, the ten participants meet with U.S. Government and State Departments; companies and non-government organizations.
Funding: STAR, pursuant to financial support from the USAID
Good Governance Study Mission
Date: October 2 to October 22, 2007
Location: Washington, Dc and Oklahoma
Led by/Key Contact: Dang Duc Dzung, Vice Chairman of Hanoi Youth Association
Participants: 12 participants from Hanoi Youth Business Association, Ministry of Trade and Industry, National Institute of Education Management , AIC- Lawyer Consultants, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam of Friendship Organizations, Nursing Home and Disable School for Children, Da Nang Trade and Investment Promotion Center, HCMC University of Law, JCI Vietnam, HCMC Young Business Association (HCMC)
Objective: The delegation spends the first five days in Washington, DC to meet with agencies at the Federal level. Then the major part of the program is anchored in Oklahoma, a mid-west state that has built the relationship with Vietnam since 1996. The program is made possible by the grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Culture Affairs (BECA) and orchestrated by the USVTC-EF and the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.
Funding: State Department, Bureau of Education and Cultural Exchange
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