AmCham Corporate Social Responsibility Group (CSR) 2011

About the AmCham CSR Working Group

The CSR Working Group consists of the following teams: Events Group (Community Development Events), AmCham Scholarship Group, Grants (to small VN NGOs) Allocation Team, Assessment (Audit) Team, PR Team. The Leadership Team consists of the leaders of each of the component teams, and includes:

Board Liaison	Walter Blocker, CEO, VN Trade Alliance
Events	Ms. Hoang Ha, Public Affairs, Citibank
Scholarship	Tam Nguyen, GE Aircraft Engines
.	Ms. Quyen Ho, Staffing Manager, Pepsico Vietnam
Grants Allocation	Phuc Le, HR Manager, Avery Dennison
Assessment (Audit)	Ms. Vy Bui, Intel Products Vietnam
PR	Ms. Thao Nguyen, PR & Marketing, Chi Communications
World Blood Donor Day 2011	Ms. Hoang Ha
International Coastal Cleanup 2011	Mr. Ngo Quoc Vu, Intel Products Vietnam
Secretary	Phuong Ngo, AmCham
Coordinator	Amy Nguyen, AmCham

Mission: Networking, Information-Sharing, Problem Solving
The CSR WG Mission is to (1) provide networking opportunities for AmCham company executives/staff with responsibility for CSR, Community Development, Community Relations, etc. to get to know each other through informal networking events; (2) information-sharing opportunities for these same executives/staff, so that they can share “best practices” in organizing their company CSR/CD/CR activities (for example, how to organize a company tree planting outing); (3) Direct Action / Problem Solving, that is, joining together in organizing events and activities to raise awareness of and to address social problems in sectors such as education, environment, health care, etc.
Read more: CSR Working Group Action Plan, 2011 pdf file, 2.4 MB

More information about our programs

Grants Allocation

Initiated since 2004, Grants Allocation is part of AmCham’s annual community activities. The program aims to support smaller Local Organizations in Ho Chi Minh City area and southern Vietnam that may not have easy access to large grants from international foundations. Simultaneously, AmCham Grants Allocation also provides a bridge for entrepreneurs and students from AmCham Scholars Alumni/ae (ASA) to give back to the community.

The AmCham Grants Allocation Team consisted of more than 15 Vietnamese volunteers from AmCham companies’ staff and AmCham Scholars Alumni/ae. All members are working under the mission “of Vietnamese people, by Vietnamese people, and for Vietnamese people.”

The fund that AmCham allocated for Scholarship Program and Charity projects was raised from AmCham Governors’ Ball.

More: AmCham Grants Allocation 2011 Media Report pdf file, 2.7 MB

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World Blood Donor Day

Annually on 14 June, countries worldwide will celebrate World Blood Donor Day with events to raise awareness of the need for safe blood and blood products and to thank voluntary unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.

Up to 2011, there are 62 countries having blood transfusion services based entirely on voluntary blood donation, up from 39 in 2002. In Vietnam, since the Government’s approval of the national program for encouraging voluntary blood donation in 2000, blood donation has been steadily increased. However, the current blood donation level only meets 40% of demand.

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International Coastal Cleanup

With Vietnam’s long coastline, we are all connected to the ocean. Trash that falls from our hands is one of the most pervasive pollution problems facing our world’s ocean. But it doesn’t have to be. Keeping our ocean free from trash is one of the easiest things we can do to help protect it.

Collaborating with the Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD), AmCham hosts another fun day for members to clean up the ocean. There will be participation from a number of AmCham companies’ staff, their family and friends, as well as local students from Ho Chi Minh City.

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AmCham Scholarship

In partnership with Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Banking University, Foreign Trade University in Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law and Hoa Sen University, AmCham will grant scholarships to top students in the city. This year, AmCham Scholarship will honor 80 3rd year and final year university students as winners and honorable mentions of the program.

The students will have completed a rigorous four-stage assessment process, including application screening, English Language Test, Profiles International Vietnam’s ProfileXT Assessment, and Interview in English by AmCham HR Committee Members.

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Please click here to see AmCham member companies contribution in 2010

Please click here to see AmCham member companies contribution in 2011