Digital Economy & Technology Committee Meeting – October

For AmCham Members Only

Oct 18, 2023 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM AmCham Vietnam Office

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This committee meeting has been rescheduled to October 18.

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Virtual and physical attendance are available.

For physical attendees, the maximum number of seats are 10. Please register in advance to reserve your seat.

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Agenda

9:00 AM	Welcome/Introductions
9:05 AM	Shares about the TECx event in Vietnam, which celebrates the convergence of technology and the creative arts, namely film, and music by Mr. Huy Do, Co-Founder – Chairman, SAVVi Code
9:25 AM	Discussion on Collaboration with VN ministries on digital economy training from the VN government Questions: Given the priority being set for the digital economy, what US companies can offer solutions to address the digital economy knowledge gap? What are some examples of how VN can attract more investment by VC /private equity funds? What are some ideas the VN government can do to enhance the export of Vietnamese products? Any particular incentives for small/medium-sized semiconductor companies to invest in VN? Education – US companies have hands-on knowledge of digital commerce, which VN ministry is willing to collaborate? And if the VN government can provide facilities and event support, which companies can help to share practical knowledge?
9:55 AM	Update from Bradley LaLonde, Executive Director, AmCham Vietnam HCMC & Danang
10:00 AM	Meeting Adjourned

Guest Speaker

HUY DO
Co-Founder – Chairman, SAVVi Code

Huy Do started his career in the Silicon Valley at global law firms specializing in cross-border matters for multinational corporations, handling both corporate transactions and dispute resolution, including trying jury cases to verdict. His work with Silicon Valley technology companies attracted the attention of tech startups and he was seconded to work for several companies negotiating deals primarily involving corporate, contract, intellectual property, and securities laws. On the creative side, Huy has worked with different creative constituents around the world to finance, produce, commercialize and distribute creative works. He has travelled extensively representing clients in Europe and Asia. Eventually he joined his clients and co-founded several tech startups, including a talent app, and later transitioned into senior executive investment roles.

Huy has a passion for good stories and even greater affinity for great story-telling. He co-founded his first creative company featuring two fictional child characters with special powers derived from zodiac signs. As the Managing and Production Editor, he co-developed and directed the publication and distribution of a children’s storybook to local schools and libraries. While in law school he served as an editor on Law Review and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law and Social Challenges, a scholarly journal he co-founded.

In 2001, after returning from his first trip back to Vietnam in 2000, he and other Vietnamese-American professionals founded a global network to support Vietnamese tech entrepreneurs. This network expanded and eventually reached Vietnam in 2008, now known as SAVVi Code. The organization’s signature event is TECx, which celebrates the convergence of technology and the creative arts, namely film, and music.

SAVVi is a global network of professionals supporting Vietnamese companies and founders in the tech startup space. We come together to connect and collaborate around innovative ideas that are brought to life through the spirited entrepreneurship of founders who color our lives with technology.

Incorporated within our name is a commitment to follow a simple Code: “DO GOOD”. As entrepreneurs and leaders, we face difficult decisions everyday. We do good for the simple reason that it brings us tangible benefits and the consequences of doing good are more favorable than not doing good.

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