Whether large or small, more and more Swiss enterprises expand or even shift their activities and production to Vietnam. Therefore, Swiss enterprises coming for the first time to Vietnam can profit on the one hand from the already considerable amount of experience, and on the other from the well established network of our trade section. Below, you will find a few addresses and contacts, which could facilitate your planning for a move into the Vietnamese market:

The trade section of the Swiss Embassy in Hanoi is a member of the Swiss Business Hub SBH -ASEAN and a network partner of OSEC Business Network Switzerland, the national organisation for trade promotion.

The most important address for a Swiss firm either already active in Vietnam, or with intentions to expand into the Southeast Asian region, is the Swiss Business Hub ASEAN (SBH ASEAN). Founded in spring 2005, the hub is under the coordination and supervision of the Swiss Embassy in Singapore, and covers the ASEAN-area.

SBH ASEAN, Hanoi Office provides:
For Vietnam

• support to develop and facilitate your business interests in Vietnam including information about markets/industry sectors, business opportunity, products & services
• legal information & procedures for organisational set-up of offices and subsidiaries in Vietnam
• identification of qualified business partners
• access to governmental and parastatal business agencies
• coordination of trade fair participation

For Switzerland

• All information about the location Switzerland
• connections to establish your business in Switzerland

Contacts:
In Hanoi:
Mrs. Phung Hoang Anh
Trade officer
Swiss Business Hub Asean, Hanoi Office
c/o Embassy of Switzerland
Hanoi Central Office Building, 15th floor
44b Ly Thuong Kiet
Hanoi
Tel: +84 4 934 6589 ext. 5505
Fax: +84 4 934 6591

In Switzerland:
Mr Rolf M. Noll
Senior Consultant
International Business Development
Osec Business Network Switzerland
Stampfenbachstrasse 85 - P.O. Box 492
CH-8035 Zürich
Tel: +41 44 365 5520; 365-5151
Fax: 41 44 365 5221

The Swiss Business Association (SBA) consists of about 60 members mainly active in Ho Chi Minh City and its region. As a non-governmental, non-profit and non-political organisation, the SBA’s main objective is the establishment and facilitation of regular and close contacts between member of the business community, as well as for example with Swiss officials, for a mutually beneficial exchange of information.

Swiss Business Association Vietnam
c/o Consulate General of Switzerland
Valentina Court • 124 Dien Bien Phu
District 1• Ho Chi Minh City • Vietnam
Phone: +84-8/ 820 54 02 • Fax: +84-8/ 820 48 56