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Vietnam's rapid economic growth and urbanisation is driving high demands for roads, electricity, ports, waste and wastewater treatment, hospitals and other public infrastructure for goods and services.
Vietnam's infrastructure development needs are estimated at US$480 billion from 2016 to 2030. The funding would need to come from the State budget but also from other sources.
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become widely used in many countries. The PPP model allows governments to mobilise financing from the private sector, including foreign private investment. The announcement of a law on PPP by the Vietnamese authorities is an important signal to attract foreign investors in PPP projects.
In light of this, EuroCham is organising a conference on the development of the Vietnamese PPP legal framework. The conference will focus on:
- Positive key changes of the draft Law on PPP and the feasibility of its implementation;
- UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on PPP & Recommendations;
- Recommendations of EuroCham's Legal Sector Committee on Vietnam's PPP regulations, and;
- Some key lessons learned from foreign PPPs
Speakers
Mr. Dang Truong Nguyen
Director General of Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment
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Mr. Jose Angelo Estrella Faria
Senior Legal Officer and Head of Legal Affairs at United Nations
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Mr. Alex Wong
Senior Accredited Specialist at Construction The Singapore Academy of Law
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Mr. Dang Truong
Nguyen
Director General of Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Planning and Investment
Mr. Jose Angelo
Estrella Faria
Senior Legal Officer and Head of Legal Affairs at United Nations
M. Estrella-Faria is Principal Legal Officer and Head of the Legislative Unit at the International Trade Law Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, which provides the Secretariat of UNCITRAL. He is in charge of the revision of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on privately financed infrastructure projects. Before that, he has been during 9 years the Secretary General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), in Rome.
Mr. Guillaume
Stafford
Specialist at Herbert Smith Freehills
Guillaume specialises in Southeast Asian emerging market – and in particular Vietnamese – corporate transactions and investment projects. He has handled large, complex and innovative Vietnamese transactions, and has broad Vietnamese experience, as a result of having lived and worked as a lawyer in Hanoi for 5 years (2012 to 2016).
Guillaume also has extensive investment projects experience in Myanmar, where he recently lived for 2.5 years, and in Thailand, where he is currently based.
Guillaume advises multinational corporations, financial institutions and private equity investors on Vietnamese investments and projects across multiple sectors and involving both state-owned enterprises and family run businesses.
Mr. Alex
Wong
Senior Accredited Specialist at Construction The Singapore Academy of Law
Based out of our Singapore office, Alex Wong brings close to two decades worth of experience in the energy and infrastructure space in Singapore and around Asia. Being both Singapore and English law qualified, Alex has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral agencies, and governments on PPP, energy, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
He has authored a number of articles and publications including a chapter in a book endorsed by the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore titled "Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures" and a chapter (focusing on project financing and PPPs) in the 5th Edition of the Law & Practice of Construction Contracts, Chow Kok Fong 2018.
Alex is the immediate past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) and has been appointed as Senior Accredited Specialist for Construction by the Singapore Academy of Law – the only transactional lawyer appointed. His current work includes working on conventional and renewable IPP projects in Vietnam for both lenders and sponsors as well as offshore wind power projects in Taiwan.
Nicolas is EuroCham Co-Chair since October 2017, having been a member of its Executive Committee since 2014, with particular involvement in the preparation of the White Book and advocacy on behalf of foreign investors to the Vietnamese authorities. Member of the Paris Bar, Nicolas Audier is an attorney with 20 years of experience in the ASEAN Region and Vietnam in particular. He has been working in Vietnam since 1995 and was head of a leading international law firm in Vietnam from 1995 to 2008, before establishing Audier & Partners, which now has offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ulan Bator and Yangon. He is special trade advisor on Vietnam for the French MFA since 1999, having been honored (“Bang Khen”) by the Vietnamese Minister of Justice in recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of Vietnam’s legal system, one of three lawyers to ever receive this distinction.
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Opening Remarks
Mr. Nicolas Audier12
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Presentation
Mr. Dang Truong Nguyen12
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Mr. Jose Angelo Estrella Faria12
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Mr. Guillaume Stafford13
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Mr. Alex Wong13
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Panel discussion and Q&A session
Mr. Dang Truong Nguyen•Mr. Jose Angelo Estrella Faria•Mr. Guillaume Stafford•Mr. Alex Wong•Mr. Nicolas Audier13
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Closing Remarks
Mr. Nicolas AudierOpening Remarks
Speakers
Mr. Nicolas Audier
Co-Chairman at EuroCham VietnamNicolas is EuroCham Co-Chair since October 2017, having been a member of its Executive Committee since 2014, with particular involvement in the preparation of the White Book and advocacy on behalf of foreign investors to the Vietnamese authorities. Member of the Paris Bar, Nicolas Audier is an attorney with 20 years of experience in the ASEAN Region and Vietnam in particular. He has been working in Vietnam since 1995 and was head of a leading international law firm in Vietnam from 1995 to 2008, before establishing Audier & Partners, which now has offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ulan Bator and Yangon. He is special trade advisor on Vietnam for the French MFA since 1999, having been honored (“Bang Khen”) by the Vietnamese Minister of Justice in recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of Vietnam’s legal system, one of three lawyers to ever receive this distinction.
Presentation
Speakers
Mr. Dang Truong Nguyen
Director General of Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Planning and InvestmentPresentation
Speakers
Mr. Jose Angelo Estrella Faria
Senior Legal Officer and Head of Legal Affairs at United NationsM. Estrella-Faria is Principal Legal Officer and Head of the Legislative Unit at the International Trade Law Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, which provides the Secretariat of UNCITRAL. He is in charge of the revision of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on privately financed infrastructure projects. Before that, he has been during 9 years the Secretary General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), in Rome.
Presentation
Speakers
Mr. Guillaume Stafford
Specialist at Herbert Smith FreehillsGuillaume specialises in Southeast Asian emerging market – and in particular Vietnamese – corporate transactions and investment projects. He has handled large, complex and innovative Vietnamese transactions, and has broad Vietnamese experience, as a result of having lived and worked as a lawyer in Hanoi for 5 years (2012 to 2016).
Guillaume also has extensive investment projects experience in Myanmar, where he recently lived for 2.5 years, and in Thailand, where he is currently based.
Guillaume advises multinational corporations, financial institutions and private equity investors on Vietnamese investments and projects across multiple sectors and involving both state-owned enterprises and family run businesses.
Presentation
Speakers
Mr. Alex Wong
Senior Accredited Specialist at Construction The Singapore Academy of LawBased out of our Singapore office, Alex Wong brings close to two decades worth of experience in the energy and infrastructure space in Singapore and around Asia. Being both Singapore and English law qualified, Alex has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral agencies, and governments on PPP, energy, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
He has authored a number of articles and publications including a chapter in a book endorsed by the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore titled "Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures" and a chapter (focusing on project financing and PPPs) in the 5th Edition of the Law & Practice of Construction Contracts, Chow Kok Fong 2018.
Alex is the immediate past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) and has been appointed as Senior Accredited Specialist for Construction by the Singapore Academy of Law – the only transactional lawyer appointed. His current work includes working on conventional and renewable IPP projects in Vietnam for both lenders and sponsors as well as offshore wind power projects in Taiwan.
Panel discussion and Q&A session
Speakers
Mr. Dang Truong Nguyen
Director General of Public Procurement Agency, Ministry of Planning and InvestmentMr. Jose Angelo Estrella Faria
Senior Legal Officer and Head of Legal Affairs at United NationsM. Estrella-Faria is Principal Legal Officer and Head of the Legislative Unit at the International Trade Law Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, which provides the Secretariat of UNCITRAL. He is in charge of the revision of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on privately financed infrastructure projects. Before that, he has been during 9 years the Secretary General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT), in Rome.
Mr. Guillaume Stafford
Specialist at Herbert Smith FreehillsGuillaume specialises in Southeast Asian emerging market – and in particular Vietnamese – corporate transactions and investment projects. He has handled large, complex and innovative Vietnamese transactions, and has broad Vietnamese experience, as a result of having lived and worked as a lawyer in Hanoi for 5 years (2012 to 2016).
Guillaume also has extensive investment projects experience in Myanmar, where he recently lived for 2.5 years, and in Thailand, where he is currently based.
Guillaume advises multinational corporations, financial institutions and private equity investors on Vietnamese investments and projects across multiple sectors and involving both state-owned enterprises and family run businesses.
Mr. Alex Wong
Senior Accredited Specialist at Construction The Singapore Academy of LawBased out of our Singapore office, Alex Wong brings close to two decades worth of experience in the energy and infrastructure space in Singapore and around Asia. Being both Singapore and English law qualified, Alex has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders, multilateral agencies, and governments on PPP, energy, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
He has authored a number of articles and publications including a chapter in a book endorsed by the Institute of Water Policy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore titled "Water Governance: An Evaluation of Alternative Architectures" and a chapter (focusing on project financing and PPPs) in the 5th Edition of the Law & Practice of Construction Contracts, Chow Kok Fong 2018.
Alex is the immediate past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law (Singapore) and has been appointed as Senior Accredited Specialist for Construction by the Singapore Academy of Law – the only transactional lawyer appointed. His current work includes working on conventional and renewable IPP projects in Vietnam for both lenders and sponsors as well as offshore wind power projects in Taiwan.
Mr. Nicolas Audier
Co-Chairman at EuroCham VietnamNicolas is EuroCham Co-Chair since October 2017, having been a member of its Executive Committee since 2014, with particular involvement in the preparation of the White Book and advocacy on behalf of foreign investors to the Vietnamese authorities. Member of the Paris Bar, Nicolas Audier is an attorney with 20 years of experience in the ASEAN Region and Vietnam in particular. He has been working in Vietnam since 1995 and was head of a leading international law firm in Vietnam from 1995 to 2008, before establishing Audier & Partners, which now has offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ulan Bator and Yangon. He is special trade advisor on Vietnam for the French MFA since 1999, having been honored (“Bang Khen”) by the Vietnamese Minister of Justice in recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of Vietnam’s legal system, one of three lawyers to ever receive this distinction.
Closing Remarks
Speakers
Mr. Nicolas Audier
Co-Chairman at EuroCham VietnamNicolas is EuroCham Co-Chair since October 2017, having been a member of its Executive Committee since 2014, with particular involvement in the preparation of the White Book and advocacy on behalf of foreign investors to the Vietnamese authorities. Member of the Paris Bar, Nicolas Audier is an attorney with 20 years of experience in the ASEAN Region and Vietnam in particular. He has been working in Vietnam since 1995 and was head of a leading international law firm in Vietnam from 1995 to 2008, before establishing Audier & Partners, which now has offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ulan Bator and Yangon. He is special trade advisor on Vietnam for the French MFA since 1999, having been honored (“Bang Khen”) by the Vietnamese Minister of Justice in recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of Vietnam’s legal system, one of three lawyers to ever receive this distinction.
