Belgian businesses interested in Vietnamese students

November 29, 2013 | 15:03

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The Belgium-Vietnam Alliance (BVA) on November 28 held an exchange between Belgian businesses from the East Flanders and Vietnamese students studying in Gent city to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Duong Minh Tri, a BVA representative said that many businesses from the East Flanders have cooperated with Vietnam but are not fully aware of its young human resources. He hoped that the BVA will maintain its important role as a bridge between Belgian businesses and Vietnamese students in Wallonia-Brussels and Narmur.

Xavier Potier, a representative from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), the world’s biggest audit and consulting firm said that the company highly appreciates young talent in Vietnam.

He expressed hope that Vietnamese students will become a human resource for its branches offices in Hanoi and HCM City in the near future.

Lucere Callebaut, another representative from the energy and lighting company named ERBEKO said she was impressed by Vietnam’s economic growth over the years as well as its young students’ intelligence, diligence and integration.

The Flanders region has some investment projects in Vietnam, focused on such areas as diamond industry, port services, industrial and hi-tech parks, health care, logistical support, coffee growing, chemical and pharmacy business.

Last year’s two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and the Flanders region reached EUR1.225 billion with key export items such as footwear, garment and textile, leather products and gem stones from the country growing by 34.7% over last year.

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