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A 13 member Myanmar Entrepreneur-team led by President of Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry U Win Aung attended the first ASEAN-EU Business Summit held at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta of Indonesia on 5 May 2011. At the Summit, introduction and opening remarks were made by Mr. Suryo Bambang Sulisto, Chairman of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr.Hatla Rajasa, Coordinating Minister of Economy Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Karel De Guchi, EU Commissioner for Trade, and Dr.Surin Pitsuwan, |
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ASEAN. H.E Dr.Susito Bambang Yudhoyono,Secretary-General of President of the Republic of Indonesia delivered opening address.
Later, Open Dialogue with Business, Leaders was held to bring together the policy dimension of trade, investment and business perspectives from ASEAN and EU Region. It took into account the latest developments of the WTO, East Asia, EU and G-20 with the goal of identifying opportunities and hurdled to enhance trade and investment flows between ASEAN and EU.In the afternoon, Sector-Specific Dialogues were held to promote dialogue within five sectors-Agri-food, Automotive, Services, Healthcare and Infrastructure.
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U Aung Khin Myint, Chairman of Myanmar International Freight Forwarders Association(MIFFA) presented 'Infrastructure – Connectivity' at the Infrastructure Session. Moderators of respective Sectoral panels made presentation of key points in Session with ASEAN Economic Ministers and EU Commissioner for Trade.ASEAN Economic Ministers and EU Commissioner replied remarks on the sectors' presentations.The 1st ASEAN-EU Business Summit was a ground breaking event and served as a unique opportunity to exchange views with prominent speakers, top business leaders, policy makers and CEOs from Southeast Asia and Europe.
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Myanmar-Vietnam Business Meeting held
The business meeting between Myanmar and Vietnam entrepreneurs was held on 6 May 2011 at UMFCCI office. Present on the occasion were UMFCCI Vice-President U Aung Lwin, U Tun Aung, CEC and EC member, Deputy General Director Mr.Hoang Huy Ha of Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Myanmar and Vietnam business men.
At the ceremony, Vice-President U Aung Lwin of UMFCCI and Deputy General Director Mr.Hoang Huy Ha of Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) gave speeches respectively. At the meeting, the matter related to mutual beneficial cooperation in real estate, rubber industry, electricity, trade and investment were cordially discussed.
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