On September 25th, 2018, international financial institutions and representatives of worldwide development agencies will meet for the Vietnam Economic Infrastructure Development Forum to discuss upcoming business opportunities in Vietnam. The event will take place at Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel.
On Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 DevelopmentAid will hold the Vietnam Economic Infrastructure Development Forum in Hanoi. The goal of the forum is to strengthen a progressive dialogue by identifying best practices in cooperating with donors while focusing on procurement procedures, expediting innovative business ideas by showcasing relevant funding opportunities and creating a network for stakeholders in the economic infrastructure development sector.
Delegates from the Government, Multilateral Development Banks and Bilateral Development Organisations, United Nations agencies, private sector representatives, NGOs and international development professionals are expected to attend the event.
Among key topics to be addressed at EIDF in Vietnam are: smart and digital infrastructure, climate change adaptation, energy efficiency, water supply and sanitation, waste management, transportation, infrastructure investment and public-private partnerships (PPPs).
The Vietnam Economic Infrastructure Development Forum serves as a discussion platform with the objectives of:
- Promoting dialogue, enhancing dialogue and improving alignment and coordination of established and new infrastructure initiatives among main stakeholders to better develop sustainable, accessible, resilient and quality infrastructure for developing countries;
- Focusing on how governments and implementing partners can attract more resources for infrastructure;
- Understanding how efforts to develop infrastructure have contributed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
- Identifying and addressing infrastructure and capacity gaps, particularly in promoting best practice guidance.
Background
Since 2016 DevelopmentAid has successfully organized Development Forums around the world and our next destination is Vietnam – a true development success story marked by remarkable poverty reduction and outstanding economic growth. Part of the Great Mekong Subregion, Vietnam has made rapid progress towards economic prosperity and human development over the past 20 years. Poverty rates have declined from 58% in 1993 to 7.1% in 2015 and a number of Millennium Development Goals have been achieved. Crossed by the major economic corridors of South-East Asia and with a coastline which stretches for 3400 km, Vietnam has attracted substantial infrastructure investment over the last decade.
