The document outlines the tentative program for a Logistics and Port Services Forum in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Vietnam. The forum will take place from 7:00 to 17:00 and feature presentations on developing Vietnam's logistics and port services, experiences from Singapore and Germany, and discussions on transforming Ba Ria-Vung Tau into a regional logistics center. Presenters will include government officials and experts in logistics, ports, and sustainable development. The program is divided into two parts, with the morning focusing on development strategies and the afternoon on Vietnam's WTO and economic partnership commitments relating to logistics services.

1. 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 Mr Tran Minh Sanh - Chairman of the People's Committee of
Vung Tau into a Port town Ba Ria - Vung Tau
8:25- 8:35 Vietnam's commitments on logistics General Secretary of NCIEC, Deputy Minister of Industry
and port services and Trade - Nguyen Cam Tu
8:35- 8:50 Planning and development Deputy Minister of Transport - Nguyen Hong Truong
orientations of Vietnam's Ports
Part I: The Vision and Development Strategy of Logistics & Ports Services
8:50– 9:35 Development Strategy of Logistics Dr. Aloysius Lim - Senior consultant on logistics of
Maritime Services " Experience from Singapore
Singapore "
9:35- 10:05 Germany's experience in developing Prof. Dr. Haasis (ISL - Institute of Economic and Logistis of
logistics services Germany)
10:05- 10:15 Development of Ba Ria Vung Assoc. Dr. Vo Dai Luoc - Economist
Tau logistics and port services in
conformity and harmonization with
the strategy of socio-economic
development
10:15- 10:30 Tea Break
10:30- 11:00 Transform Ba Ria Vung Tau into a Dr. Nguyen Tuong – Expert of Ministry of Transport
regional logistics centre
11:00- 11:30 Sustainable development Issues of the Dr. Martin Kreeb – Stuttgart University – Senior Consultants
Port towns in the world on sustainable development of the German government
11:30- 11:45 Potential and development needs
of Ba Ria Vung Tau ports and port Nguyen Xuan Ky – Cai Mep Port
services
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 Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - Director of Institute of Economy
building institutions to support the of Vietnam
development of logistics services in
Ba Ria Vung Tau"
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2. 13:45- 14:20 Development strategy of logistics Mr Tomczyk - Expert of WTO
services market - View from
Vietnam's commitments in the
WTO and Economic Partnership
Agreements
15:20- 15:30 Maritime and ports services quality Dr. Nguyen Vu Hai – Deputy Director of Viet Nam Registry
management Department
15:30 – 15:45 Human resource training and TS. Mai Xuan Thieu - Director of Vietnam Institute of
development in the field of logistics Logistics
15:45 – 15:55 Some Issues of maritime services: Barry Akbar - General Director of APL
experience from American President
Lines
15:55- 16:30 A discussion / opinions of the - A discussion of the economic experts, representatives of
Association, business 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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