March 5-7, 2003  |   The Melia Hanoi Hotel  |  Hanoi, Vietnam

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Asia Society is America's leading nonprofit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated for almost 50 years to forging closer links between Americans, Asians and Asian Americans. The Society presents a wide range of programs including art exhibitions, conferences, workshops, seminars, lectures, films, publications and performances throughout the U.S. and Asia. The Asia Society's Business Programs department organizes conferences, meetings, study missions and seminars which provide a leading forum for executives to meet the policy makers and business leaders who shape the Asia-Pacific business environment. These programs cover key economic and political developments in Asia, as well as the issues defining the climate of U.S.-Asia relations. The Society's headquarters is in New York City with regional centers in Hong Kong, Texas, California, Washington, D.C. and Melbourne, Australia and representative offices in San Francisco, Shanghai and Manila. The Asia Society's expanding family of websites include: www.asiasociety.org for information about the Society; www.askasia.org, a comprehensive website for K-12 Asian and Asian American studies; and www.asiasource.org, the Society's online service that is a gateway to the most up-to-date, reliable and valuable information and news on everything to do with Asia. Dow Jones & Company publishes the world's most vital business and financial news and information, including comprehensive business and financial news on Asia for customers in Asia. In addition to The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, Dow Jones also publishes The Far Eastern Economic Review, Asia's leading magazine of business. Its electronic publishing businesses include not only WSJ.com but also Dow Jones Newswires and Factiva, a joint venture of Dow Jones and Reuters serving the corporate desktop market. Dow Jones also is 50% owner of CNBC Asia, Asia's only 24 hours business news channel, based in Singapore. The company has more than 280 reporters and editors based in 19 business centers throughout Asia, the largest Asia based news gathering staff of any global media company. The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) is the authoritative source on all matters relating to foreign investment and the first point of contact for anyone considering investing in Vietnam. It was formed in 1996 after the merger of the State Committee for Cooperation and Investment and the State Planning Committee. The MPI coordinates all matters relating to foreign investment and issues the Foreign Investment License. Some of the tasks it is charged with include: producing legislation governing foreign investment activities; providing guidance to state and local authorities on foreign investment issues; issuing investment licenses; inspecting, monitoring and supervising foreign investment activities. The new Law on Foreign Investment permits the MPI to delegate the appraisal and issue of investment licences for some types of projects to the People's Committee of provinces and cities under its central authority. The Investment Legislation and Promotion Department is charged with drafting investment-related legislation and working directly with investors in Vietnam.

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