The conference is designed to provide a showcaseof models, technologies and applications from the US environmentalindustry that can benefit Vietnam ’s economic development goals.
The report said: "We are bringing a trade delegation to the conferenceand working with key US government agencies, the US Embassy and theEmbassy of Vietnam to that end. We expect key decision makers fromvarious government ministries and US and Vietnamese businesses toattend. The timing is important as Vietnam is currently chairing the2010 ASEAN Summit in Hanoi this July and the issues discussed will havegreat value for the region.
"The conference will take a comprehensive look at the key environmentaland climate change issues from different vantage points, presented byboth business and government stakeholders. There is a real need for thesolutions that will be presented and we will work with key business,scientific, research and funding groups to provide solutions that willmost helpful to Vietnam."
Organisers include the American Council of Independent Laboratories,the Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership, the WashingtonLaboratories, the American Telecommunication Certification Body, theI.M. Systems Group, the Columbia Analytical Services Inc., theWhiteford Taylor Preston, the Vietnam Administration of Seas andIslands and the Vietnam Directorate for Standards and Quality.
The report also said that the conference is timely as Vietnam strivesto become Southeast Asia ’s destination of choice for business andtourism.
A similar conference will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 27./.