event report - vietnam youth to business forum july 2014
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Vietnam Youth to Business Forum July 2014 is the 6th Vietnamese version of Youth to Business Forum, powered by AIESEC in Vietnam. With 500 student attendants and 20 business partners, the event is the largest annual event of AIESEC, aiming to narrow the gap between Youth and Business, from which prepare students with business mindset and knowledge that can help them better orient their future careers.TRANSCRIPT
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VIETNAM YOUTH TO BUSINESS FORUM Ho Chi Minh City – 13th July, 2014University of Economics and Law
Table of Content2
Introduction 3
Theme and Topics 4
Agenda 5
Delegate Background 6
Keynote Speech 10
Workshop 15
Panel Discussion 28
Our Partners 31
Opening Speech 9
Key Moments 32
Media 35
Contact 36
Entrepreneurial Leadership 12
Career Development in Global Era 13
Youth- led Social Innovation 14
Introduction
The Youth to Business Forum is an initiative powered by AIESEC driven by a globalneed for businesses and youth to communicate on major issues and generate ideasfor future actions.
The platform enables youth to voice their opinions and allows them to be validatedand strengthened with inputs from experienced business leaders through our one-day event.
This event is a Vietnamese 6th edition of more than 160 global, regional, national andlocal forums that are happening every year across 124 countries and territories.
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THE LEADER IN ME
Theme and Topics4
Entrepreneurial Leadership
The topic creates space for students and business to discuss how to see ‘problems’ as ‘opportunities’and promote “Can do” attitude to build-up entrepreneurial mindset for a generation of futureleaders .
Career Development in Global Era
By being issued with business insights and realistic expectations, youth is equipped with globalmindset and competencies required to work effectively in a global environment.
Youth-led Social Innovation
The topic creates a platform where social business innovations are shared to foster innovationmindset of Vietnamese youth with the aim of switching ideas into actions and connecting businessto the needs of society.
Agenda5
Delegate background
FTU HCM, 18.0
FTU HN, 9.6
UEH, 12.9
DUE, 4.2
HSU, 3.7NEU, 4.0USSH, 2.6IU, 2.8
UEL, 4.9
Other, 37.4
450 delegates with majority came from:
• Foreign Trade University (FTU)• University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City(UEH)• Danang University of Economics (DUE)• Hoa Sen University (HSU)• National Economics University (NEU)• Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciencesand Humanities (USSH)• International University – Vietnam NationalUniversity, HCMC (IU)• University of Economics and Law (UEL)
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Delegate background
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Delegate highlights
88% of delegates have Business background
60% of delegates are in their main studying years at university (year 2
and 3), and 12% are ready to enter the workforce (year 4 and graduates)
Delegates come from a variety of universities in Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang andHanoi, including a big percentage of Foreign Trade University in Hanoi and Ho Chi
Minh and University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh.
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Representatives of Organizing Board: AIESEC, VCCI and British
Council shared thoughts why Youth to Business Forum is relevant to
youth and Vietnam society
Opening Speech
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Organizers
Four Guest Speakers share their ideas or experience around three
main topics with the flow: what-why-how to give main ideas about
those topics and how they are important to young people.
Keynote Speech
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Organizers
“The Gap between Youth and Business”
Overall, more than 94% delegates
rated the quality of the speech as from
Good to Excellent.
Ms. Pham Phuong ThaoAmbassadorVietnam Youth to Business Forum
25.0
55.6
13.9
2.8 2.8
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
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“Career Development in Global Era”
Overall, nearly 92% delegates
rated the quality of the speech as from
Good to Excellent.
Mr. Katsuyasu KatoExecutive Chairman Suntory PepsiCo
19.4
44.4
27.8
8.3
0.0
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
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“Entrepreneurial Leadership”
Overall, nearly 92% delegates
rated the quality of the speech as from
Good to Excellent.
Ms. Tran Tue TriVice President of MarketingUnilever
27.8
36.1
27.8
5.6
2.8
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
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“Entrepreneurial Leadership”
Overall, 86% delegates rated the
quality of the speech as from Good to
Excellent.
Mr. Nguyen Van DaoVice President, Head of Corporate MarketingSamsung Vina Electronics
22.2
33.3
30.6
8.35.6
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
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Workshops
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Organizers
Workshop Overall Rating
Workshops are where students are provided withbusiness reality through sharings and solving realcases from companies.
Overall, 86% delegates rated the quality
of workshops from Good to Excellent.
19.4
25.041.7
11.1
2.8
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
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Ms. Tran Thi Hong GamManager in Society and Development TeamBritish Council
Speaker: 3.9/5Workshop: 3.8/5
Delegates’ rating
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Mr. Nguyen Quang VinhDirector of Office for Business Sustainable DevelopmentVCCI cum Secretary-General of Vietnam Business Council for Sustainable Development
Speaker: 3.8/5Workshop: 3.7/5
Delegates’ rating
“The role of Youth Entrepreneurial
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Mr. Le Van Hoa
Speaker: 4.2/5Workshop: 4.0/5
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“The difference between Innovation and
Social Innovation”
Brand ManagerUnilever
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Ms. Vo Le Ngoc Tuyen
Speaker: 5.0/5Workshop: 4.2/5
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HR Business Partner Manager-SalesSuntory PepsiCo
“Lead Your Wave, Lead Your Way”
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Mr. Le Cong Thien
Speaker: 4.5/5Workshop: 3.9/5
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Deputy CEO, Managing Director-Head of Brokerage and Sales, Private Client DivisionHSC
“Portrait of a Leader in Finance Industry”
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Ms. Meriem Kellou
Speaker: 4.2/5Workshop: 3.8/5
Delegates’ rating
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“Green Your Future”
Social Responsibility DelegateSchneider Electric
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Mr. Le Trung Hau
Speaker: 4.5/5Workshop: 4.0/5
Delegates’ rating
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Integrated Marketing ManagerNestlé
“Digital multi-effects and its application in
Innovative Content Development”
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Ms. Nguyen Huynh Khanh Linh
Speaker: 4.4/5Workshop: 3.7/5
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Sales LeadAccenture
“Taking ownership in everything you do-
The secret of success.”
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Ms. Billie Lagasca
Speaker: 4.5/5Workshop: 3.9/5
Delegates’ rating
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Manager, Employee Engagement and Development- HRAIA
“Developing Entrepreneurial Leadership
through Self Management”
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Mr. David Viet Lam Nguyen
Speaker: 4.5/5Workshop: 4.1/5
Delegates’ rating
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B. Bus Honors (first class) andPhD from Auckland Universityof Technology, Post Doc fromESADE Business School.Chairman of ALT
“The Unexpected Benefits of
Higher Education for Your Career Path”
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Mr. Don Le
Speaker: 4.4/5Workshop: 3.8/5
Delegates’ rating
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Co-founder, CEOEverest Education
“Business Principles for Social Enterprise”
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Panel Discussion
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Organizers
Panel speakers
Mr. Ton That Anh VuSenior VP, Head of Human ResourceHSBC Vietnam
Mr. Mai Quang Vinh
Ms. Le Nguyen Truong An (Host)Nielsen VietnamAIESEC Alumnus
Senior Customer Development DirectorSuntory PepsiCo Vietnam
Mr. Arnold V. Pangilinan Managing Director – Chief Risk OfficerHSC
Mr. Nguyen Quang Hien HuySales Head of IT & Mobile BusinessSamsung Vina Electronics
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Panel Overall Rating
4 invited speakers are invited to a “Round Table”discussion with the audience. Points of view aboutissues related to 3 topics from speakers and theaudience are shared and challenged. Advice andsuggestions are given on how Youth can betterthemselves to prepare for their future careers.
Overall, 89% delegates rated the quality of
panel discussion from Good to
Excellent.
19.4
36.1
33.3
8.32.8
Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor
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Our Partners
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“The most significant thing I have learnt from this event isthe needed attitude when dealing with problems. "Themore young we are, the more failures we meet". This isthe sentence I really like in the event. This makes mestronger and have more motivation to keep movingforward.”
“In the event, I got a lot of information about recruitmentin Ho Chi Minh City. I learnt about the weaknesses andstrengths of Vietnamese students through comments ofemployers. The event helped me know how to improvemyself to fit with the employers' requirements and beable to have a job in the future.”
Key moments
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“Four important things that an entrepreneurial leaderneeds to do: taking initiatives, taking risks, beingresponsible and being disciplined.”
“Don't afraid to make mistakes and be aware of learningfrom our mistakes because it is cheaper when we areyoung.”
“This is such a great event! I learned a lot when I listenedto the speech of your Ambassador, in which I know moreand understand more that I should be positive whenlooking for a job.”
Key moments
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Key moments
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Media
Press Release
Online media: • http://svvn.vn/dien-dan-gioi-tre-voi-doanh-nghiep-tai-viet-nam-2014/• http://www.baomoi.com/Dien-dan-gioi-tre-voi-doanh-nghiep/45/14319119.epi
TV news:• FBNC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOEwJLLPRJU&feature=youtu.be• HTV7 (from 5:45) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-xbTlZvjpg&feature=youtu.be&list=UUUPBECrrOdnbDJq5wZBLFog
And other offline news.
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Contact Us
Ms. Hinh Tieu TrucVice President – Y2B 2014AIESEC in Vietnam(+84) 126 538 [email protected]
Mr. Tran Do Nguyen Linh
Ms. Chau Thi Tu NhiExternal Relations– Y2B 2014AIESEC in Vietnam(+84) 127 373 [email protected]
Agenda Manager – Y2B 2014AIESEC in Vietnam(+84) 909 683 [email protected]
Ms. Nguyen Thi DiepExternal Relations Manager – Y2B 2014AIESEC in Vietnam (+84) 989 309 [email protected]
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