The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), in collaboration with the Global Affairs Canada (GAC), held the Vietnam Impact Investment Forum 2024 under the theme “Driving impact investment for a sustainable future” in Hanoi on October 24.

The Global Affairs Canada through the Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM) provided a training course on improving intellectual property (IP) management capacity for a delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Ministry of Finance from November 27 to December 2.

A conference has been held in Edmonton city in Canada’s Alberta province to discuss the role of Vietnam as a gateway for Canada to enter Southeast Asia during the implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Vietnam and Canada held the first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee in Vancouver on July 6 with a view to helping lift bilateral economic ties to a new level and intensify the two countries’ comprehensive partnership.

The Agency of Enterprise Development (AED) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) on April 29 jointly launched the “COVID-19 Adaptation Programme” for social impact businesses (SIBs) to increase their capacity and refine business models to address the challenges they are facing.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh will work with the provincial startup community to promptly address its troubles, Chairman of the People’s Committee Dong Van Lam said on September 14.

A new office was officially opened for the Investment Promotion and Enterprise Support Centre of Soc Trang province’s Business Incubator on June 18.

The attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the G7 Outreach Summit and his visit to Canada as invited by his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau is expected to expand the cooperation between the two countries, according to Donald Bobiash, Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia-Pacific at Global Affairs Canada.

The Prime Minister has just approved the contents of a technical assistance project on consultation and analysis of public finance management in Vietnam.