Israel’s Embassy in Vietnam organised a conference on telecommunication and mobile devices in Vietnam on 28 May, bringing together six leading Israeli corporations and Vietnamese firms.

At the conference, Israel’s Ambassador to Vietnam Meirav Eilon Sahar said she appreciated the event as a forum for entrepreneurs and investors to discuss the opportunities and challenges they faced and identify solutions to help the industry move toward sustainable development.

Vietnam wanted to boost bilateral co-operation on telecommunication and information technology in order to expand markets and improve quality of service, commented Le Thi Ngoc Mo, deputy head of the Telecom Department under the Ministry of Information and Communications. Vietnam also planned to open its doors to Israeli firms to conduct market research and seek partnership opportunities.

_{(Issue July/August 2015)}