Vietnam to host Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards for first time?

January 25, 2018 | 11:31

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This afternoon, the organisation board of Stevie Awards in collaboration with the Enterprise Development Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment organised the launching ceremony of Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2018 in Hanoi, marking the first launch in Vietnam.

VIR has been invited to be a media sponsor of Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards 2018

The launching ceremony is organised to find potential candidates for the judging panel as well as contestants for the awards.

The award aims to honour individuals and enterprises with excellent performance and encourage companies to excel, innovate, and adapt to Industry 4.0. The award will also open opportunities for small- and medium-sized enterprises to find international partners as well as expand their operations to abroad.

According to the organising board, the award will have 12 categories. Each enterprise can apply in one or various categories.

In the framework of the event, on January 24, Michael Gallagher, president of Stevie Awards and representatives of the organising board, had a meeting with leaders of Vietnam Investment Review, which has been invited to be a media sponsor of the event. Additionally, VIR's editor-in-chief Le Trong Minh has been invited to join the judging panel.

Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, under the aegis of Stevie Awards, is an international business awards competition that is open to all organisations from the 22 nations of the Asia-Pacific region.

Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards was organised for the first time in 2014. Numerous Vietnamese enterprises were granted the award, including Viettel, Dosan Vina, and DHL. This year, Vietnam is honoured to be selected to host the event.

By By Kim Oanh

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