PROGRAM CONTENT

(Tentative)

7:00 - 17:00 Logistics and Port Services Forum

in the context of international economic integration of Vietnam

7:00 – 8:00 Registration Forum Secretariat

8:00 - 8:05 Introduction of Participants

Ms Tran Thi Huong – Vice Chairman of steering committee

of international economic integration, Director of Department

of Industry and Trade of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province

8:05- 8:15 Forum Speech Government Leaders (tentative)

8:15- 8:25 Towards the construction of Ba Ria

Vung Tau into a Port town

Mr Tran Minh Sanh - Chairman of the People's Committee of

Ba Ria - Vung Tau

8:25- 8:35 Vietnam's commitments on logistics

and port services

General Secretary of NCIEC, Deputy Minister of Industry

and Trade - Nguyen Cam Tu

8:35- 8:50 Planning and development

orientations of Vietnam's Ports

Deputy Minister of Transport - Nguyen Hong Truong

Part I: The Vision and Development Strategy of Logistics & Ports Services

8:50– 9:35 Development Strategy of Logistics

Maritime Services " Experience from

Singapore "

Dr. Aloysius Lim - Senior consultant on logistics of

Singapore

9:35- 10:05 Germany's experience in developing

logistics services

Prof. Dr. Haasis (ISL - Institute of Economic and Logistis of

Germany)

10:05- 10:15 Development of Ba Ria Vung

Tau logistics and port services in

conformity and harmonization with

the strategy of socio-economic

development

Assoc. Dr. Vo Dai Luoc - Economist

10:15- 10:30 Tea Break

10:30- 11:00 Transform Ba Ria Vung Tau into a

regional logistics centre

Dr. Nguyen Tuong – Expert of Ministry of Transport

11:00- 11:30 Sustainable development Issues of the

Port towns in the world

Dr. Martin Kreeb – Stuttgart University – Senior Consultants

on sustainable development of the German government

11:30- 11:45 Potential and development needs

of Ba Ria Vung Tau ports and port

services

Nguyen Xuan Ky – Cai Mep Port

11:45- 12:00 Q&A Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - Director of Institute

of Economy of Vietnam

12:00-13:30 Lunch (Buffet)

Part II: Development of logistics services market - View from Vietnam's commitments in the WTO and Economic

Partnership Agreements

13:30- 13:45 The report titled "the premise of

building institutions to support the

development of logistics services in

Ba Ria Vung Tau"

Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - Director of Institute of Economy

of Vietnam

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13:45- 14:20 Development strategy of logistics

services market - View from

Vietnam's commitments in the

WTO and Economic Partnership

Agreements

Mr Tomczyk - Expert of WTO

15:20- 15:30 Maritime and ports services quality

management

Dr. Nguyen Vu Hai – Deputy Director of Viet Nam Registry

Department

15:30 – 15:45 Human resource training and

development in the field of logistics

TS. Mai Xuan Thieu - Director of Vietnam Institute of

Logistics

15:45 – 15:55 Some Issues of maritime services:

experience from American President

Lines

Barry Akbar - General Director of APL

15:55- 16:30 A discussion / opinions of the

Association, business

- A discussion of the economic experts, representatives of

business operating in the field of ...

- Exploiting the advantages of the port of Ba Ria Vung Tau

province to serve the export market

16:30 -16:55 Q&A Coodinator: Dr. Trinh Minh Anh – Deputy Chief of NCIEC

16:55 – 17:00 Forum closing remarks Mr Ho Van Nien - Vice Chairman of the People's Committee

of Ba Ria - Vung Tau

Forum Secretariat Contact

Ms. Nguyen Luong Hien

NCIEC

Address: 6th floor, Artex Port, 2A Pham Su Manh, Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi

Tel: 04. 38262549

Fax: 04. 39348959

Mobile: 094 810 4757

E-mail: nciec@moit.gov.vn

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