Vietnam with the World and Lithuania: Success and Failure stories

Vietnam with the World and Lithuania:
Success and Failure stories

Nguyễn Đức THANH- Commercial CounselorVietnam Embassy in Poland and Lithuania-Commercial Office
Mobile: +48 889 988 461


2012


26 years: market economy with
socialist orientation
Members of regional and int’l organisation
Export-oriented
Export-oriented to accession to regional
and int’l organisation
FDI
Indirect investment

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ASEAN member
Mln USD
70000

WTO Member.

USA: Bilateral Trade Agreement

Now FTA with EU

Xuất nhập khẩu tăng mạnh khi gia nhập tổ chức/ký HĐTMSP

60000

50000

40000

30000

20000

10000
2012: Trade turnover:

USD 226 Bln

0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Vietnam's export

Vietnam's import

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2007
WTO coming to Vietnam
as the mighty uragan
devastating the economy?!
Hai năm gia nh p V TO(WTO)
Nhóm ng
i lo nghĩ b ng kho ng
i làm
Thành viên đ y đ đàng hoàng
Gh ng i bình đ ng ngang hàng đ i gia
Ki n t ng tranh ch p kinh qua
Đ
a ra phán xét basa cá nhà
D t may giám sát th c là
Phân bi t đ i x phi n hà cho ta
Khó khăn nh
c p quota
M
n đ
ng di t Qu c qua nhà Vi t nam
D t may ta v n v ng vàng
D u thô xu t đã kém vàng đ u cơ
D t may nh
d t gi c mơ
Gia công, tinh ch ph t c ti n lên
H i nh p th
ơng m i đa biên
Doanh nghi p hi p h i tr n ti n ti n lên!
(11/01/2007-2009)

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Market Success story:

USA
15 years VN-USA diplomatic relations
10 years Bilateral Trade Agreement-BTA
No. 5 and multiply of 5s
1995- 15/7/2010
15 years: 5 years of Negotiations on BTA 10 years of
implementation.
Eksport-Import: USD 1 - 15 bln. Now 20 bln
FDI: USA position from 15th to FITH and to the FIRST
position
Vietnamese students in US colleages: 15.000
INTEL: USD1bln investment to 1.5bln export in 2011 and
to US 15 bln IT products?
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Commodity Success story: Vietnam small fish
Big American Catfish eats
Vietnam’s basa?

2000: USD 50mln to US market only
US Congress Bill: catfish name not for foreign fish. NO: CA TRA, BASA: OK
www.CatfishVietnam.com
Anti-dumping duty: highest 168%
UN Kofi Annan
Popular to other countries: exports rising
Now: US law: BASA pangasius fish should be named CATFISH
2011: USD1.5 bln to the world 2012: nearly 2 bln
Jobs for thousands of peasants, farmers

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Commodity Success
story: Textiles and
Clothing:
+ Terminology:
Cut & Make: Cắt & May
+ Numbers 2 and multiply of 2:
> 2 mln workers
> 2,000 exporters
> 200,000 workers for USD 1 bln
export value
20 years: Export item No. 2 and now
No. 1 of Vietnam Biggest Export

items
USD 14 bln in 2011 and
USD 20 bln in 4 years.
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2011: 6 mln tourists to Vietnam:
Halong bay: natural chang cheng in the sea (3000 islands, opening before you
eyes)

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Corporate Success story:
Samsung, Intel, Nokia, textile, shoe making,
Samsung export USD 10 bln in 2012 IT products,
bringing 200 more OEM makers into VN
INTEL: USD1bln investment to 1.5bln export in 2011 and
to US 15 bln IT products?

Nokia: world biggest factory to VN
Piagio scooters
Where is Litva?
Moving to while it is not so late

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Failure story:
Many
FDI
Indirect investment
Local 100000 biz bankrupt SME

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SME Success Story: an ordinary Taiwanese working as employee in VN
& after 10 years

一个台湾人的成功故事。10 年前，他在越南做工。10 年后。。。


Success Story of an ordinary Taiwanese working as employee in VN & after 10
years

he became owner
of very big
garment factory
of 47,000m2
他已经成为 47 千平

方米企业的所有
者

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Vietnam and Lithuania have similar geoposition: centre of Europe
and centre of ASean, China

India…….Indo-china (VIETNAM)……China

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Foreign Invested enterprises vs Local Vietnam ent.
15,000 FDI powerful and dynamic
as DUO-HORSE CHARIOT with SAMSON
and DANILA

500,000 local VN biz. SME as
DON KIHOTE riding a slim
and weak horse, fighting with
windmill

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many ordinary foreigners can succeed in Vietnam
WHY NOT YOU ??? !!!


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Thank you
for your attention!

Nguyễn Đức THANH- Commercial CounselorVietnam Embassy in Poland and Lithuania-Commercial Office
Mobile: +48 889 988 461

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