Canada Welcomes Visit By Becamex from
Vietnam
 Pictures above: left, Vancouver BC,
Canada;
right, Mr. Tran Van Lieu, Chairman of the Binh Duong Industrial Zones Authority addresses the participants Although BecamexIDC in Binh Duong province, Vietnam, has focussed on and travelled to the U.S. market yearly for over eight years, June 2012 was Becamex first visit to Canada. Becamex found a warm and receptive audience in Canada and were very impressed in Canadian expertise in areas as diverse as electronics, software, medical devices, automotive parts and many other sectors. Mr. Tran Van Lieu, Chairman of the Binh Duong Industrial Zones Authority and Vo Son Dien, Senior Advisor and Chief of Marketing at Becamex travelled to Canada from May 29-June 8, 2012 to perform marketing functions to Canadian companies. They were met in Vancouver, Canada by Bill Dao, newly hired Canadian Country Representative for Becamex and the following day by Chris and Soraya Runckel, of Runckel & Associates who support Becamex marketing efforts in the U.S. and Asia.   Picture left: Mr. Frank Borowicz,
Governor of The Vancouver Board of Trade addresses the audience; right:
Mr. William Johnson, former Canadian Consul General to Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam at the podium.
 Picture left: Mr. Vo Son Dien, Advisory
& Marketing Director, Becamex IDC introduces Becamex and Binh
Duong's New City ; right: Mr. Chris Runckel, President of Runckel &
Associates (Business-in-Asia.com) speaks on Asia and potentials there,
especially in Vietnam.
  Picture left: Mr. Bill Dao, new Becamex
Representative in Canada; right: Mr. Dan On, President and CEO of
Dan-D-Foods, Ltd. speaks
The Canadian program had been developed by Bill Dao with oversight and advice from the Runckel & Associates. The first seminar in Canada was held in Vancouver on Friday, June 1, 2012 with the Vancouver Board of Trade. Presentations were made by the Governor of the Board of Trade of Vancouver, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Dien, Mr. Runckel, Mr. Dan On (testimonial presentation on investment in Binh Duong), Mr. Bill Johnston, former Canadian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and by a representative from the local British of Columbia provincial government. This seminar was attended by a total of 50 according to our count. Presentations were well received and the Governor of the Board of Trade said it was the best presentation on Vietnam ever seen in Vancouver and one of the best seminars in terms of content ever held by the Vancouver Board of Trade. Seminar did achieve the purpose of building Becamex name recognition; knowledge that Becamex had named a Canadian country representative and Becamex knowledge of the Canadian market. Also in Vancouver, Becamex met with several Canadian business persons and further built relationships with Dan On, owner of Dan-D-Pak, a major Canadian cashew supplier resident in Binh Duong, who announced during visit that he is planning buying land from Becamex in Becamex Industrial parks in My Phuoc or Bao Bang to centralize his Vietnam operations in 2013.  
Pictures above: Right: Toronto; Left: Chris Runckel presents a gift on behalf of Becamex to Ned Nedungadi, Regional Director, Global Expansion, Business Development Bank of Canada Sunday, June 3, 2012 the team took a
five hour flight to Toronto, the
major business city in Canada. On Monday, June 4, 2012 the group
met with Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) which is the major
Canadian government business bank that supports the work of Canadian
companies. The group met the Senior Vice President, Financing and
Counseling, the Regional Director, Global Expansion and the Managing
Partner, Consulting and had a very good exchange. Bank members
also attended the seminar on the following day and have promised to
work with Becamex to promote Becamex as a good partner for Canadian
business
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