Tuesday, 07 September 2010

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OCTOBER, 13th 2010
Chamber of Commerce ROTTERDAM

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Guest Speakers

Wouter van Vliet

 

Wouter van Vliet (1977) received his master's degree in International Business from Maastricht University. Whilst living in the United States, he first came in contact with emerging markets working at a high-tech firm. During and after his studies he gained further experience as an entrepreneur. From 2002 - 2007, Wouter was engaged in multiple international projects at several operating companies of Stork. Wouter joined Larive in 2008, where he manages public and private projects in Asia and assists clients with business development and market entry activities. Wouter first visited Vietnam in 1999 and has returned multiple times since. Larive has a local office with branches in HCMC and Hanoi.

 

Nga Dang

 

Nga is a senior tax manager specializing in Indirect Tax (VAT) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Nga joined Ernst & Young in 2009 as a Senior Tax Manager and is heading the Asia Indirect Tax team in the Netherlands, focusing on advising Asian companies doing business in Europe and European companies doing business in Asia.Before joining EY, Nga gained more than 13 years experience as an international tax advisor at another Big 4 company. During this period, Nga worked in various tax areas advising multinationals on tax planning.

In 2008, Nga headed the Vietnam Desk for the same Big 4 company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and assisted Dutch multinationals in doing business in Vietnam. Nga was born in Vietnam but grew up and was educated in the Netherlands. Her Vietnamese background means that she understands well the cultural and business differences between Vietnamese/Asian and European business. When working with a previous firm in the late Nineties, Nga was assigned to work for 2 years in Vietnam and gained extensive first-hand experience in doing business in an Asian environment. There she advised foreign companies investing in Vietnam on tax structuring and regulatory requirements.

 

Marten van de Berg

 

Marten van den Berg is als plaatsvervangend Directeur-Generaal verantwoordelijk voor de aansturing van het Directoraat-Generaal van de Buitenlandse Economische Betrekkingen (DGBEB) van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken. DGBEB heeft tot taak om voorwaarden voor ongehinderd internationaal handels- en investeringsverkeer te scheppen en een duurzame economische rechtsorde te bevorderen. Daarnaast stimuleert DGBEB inkomend en uitgaand internationaal ondernemen in kansrijke sectoren op zowel de binnenlandse markt als op prioritaire buitenlandse markten.

Vietnam is zo’n buitenlandse markt waarop DGBEB zich in het bijzonder richt. Het land kan bogen op een gemiddelde economische groei van 7,5% tussen 1999 en 2008. Voor 2010 wordt een groei van rond de 7% geraamd. Sinds 2007 is het land lid van de WTO. Vietnam streeft naar de status van Middle Income Country (2015) en wil een geïndustrialiseerde natie worden. Dit creëert kansen voor het internationale bedrijfsleven, maar het betekent ook dat Vietnam niet meer kwalificeert voor ontwikkelingssamenwerking. De Nederlandse inspanningen zijn nu gericht op een brede economische relatie. Idealiter wordt het bestaande OS-netwerk benut om deze relatie verder vorm te geven. Het doel is het behalen van een win-win situatie, waarin de belangen van Vietnam worden ondersteund en het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven wordt gepositioneerd.

Vanuit zijn functie is de heer Van den Berg een aantal malen in Vietnam geweest en is hij betrokken bij de invulling van de bilaterale economische relatie tussen Nederland en Vietnam.

 

 

Dirk Aleven

MeetIn was established in 2004 by Dirk Aleven during his study Technology Management at the Univerisity of Groningen. He started MeetIn as MeetIn China and organized several successful network trips to China. Since 2006 MeetIn made big step forwards with its new shareholders, and broadened its services to other emerging economies such as Vietnam, Brazil, India and Eastern Europe. Since 2007 MeetIn organized five trade missions to Vietnam, introducing around one hundred Dutch entrepreneurs in Vietnam, and received several incoming trade missions from Vietnam into Europe.

An expertise in emerging economies with relevant business to business contacts in those countries, make MeetIn a committed partner for internationalizing companies. Internationalization is constantly developing, and MeetIn tries to be in front of these changes.