Our office will be closed from 10 to 16 February 2021 inclusive for the Tet holiday. We will reopen on 17 February 2021! We wish you all a Happy Tet Holiday!

You can vote in the election of the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the European Parliament if you:

• live outside the Netherlands and are not registered in a Dutch municipality
• have the Dutch nationality
• Are 18 years of age or older

Are you not living in The Netherlands? And do you want to vote in elections from abroad? Then register once via the link below. You will then automatically receive the documents with which you can vote by post at every election of the House of Representatives and the European Parliament. You simply register with the form.

Do you want to vote in the parliamentary elections of 17 March 2021? Make sure that the municipality receives your signed form and a copy of your identity document by 3 February 2021 at the latest. 

If you register later, you will no longer be able to vote as a voter outside the Netherlands on 17 March 2021. You can still register for future elections.

Get out and vote! Follow the easy steps here.

COVID-19 RETURNS TO VIETNAM WITH A VENGEANCE

If you're in Vietnam, you can not have missed it. (The British variant of) Covid-19 has returned. Right now, the news is quickly unraveling and it's hard to keep track of what's reliable and what is not. DBAV tries to help with making sense of the information. For this purpose, DBAV organizes a weekly webinar, Tuesday at 5.30 PM VN Time, where we handle the current travel restrictions to Vietnam and discuss the most important news topics. 

Next week's webinar is postponed because of Tet and it will resume again on 23 February. 

• Register now for this webinar
• Want to be kept in the loop continuously? Register for our information newsletter on flights from/to Vietnam here.

For the webinar

Based on the latest guideline of the Hanoi Department of Health & CDC Hanoi, the required quarantine period is increased from 14 days to 21 days with immediate effect to all of the people entering from abroad to Hanoi.

The Ministry of Health approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. Authorities have urged to quicken the procurement of the vaccine to February (though the real timeline remains unclear) (Source: baochinhphu.vn)

Director of Hanoi Department of Health Nguyen Khac Hien said that if there are no unexpected situations, by the end of February 2, the health department "basically grasp and control the disease". (Source:vnexpress.net)

13TH PARTY CONGRESS

The 13th Communist Party Central Committee has elected Nguyen Phu Trong for a third term as Vietnam's Party General Secretary.

• The list with the selected Central Committee Members
• Party chief, prime minister re-elected for new Party Central Committee term

Expert analysis on the selectiosn

• Read the analysis of Public Affairs Agency Vriens & Partners 
• Read the analysis of Asia Group Advisors here (PDF) 

RECOMMENDATION: VIETNAM WEEKLY BY MICHAEL TATARSKI

We base our news selection on various sources, and are helped tremendously by journalist Michael Tatarski, who writes an excellent weekly newsletter on news and current affairs in Vietnam. The paid version (5$ month) offers deep-dives and insights into varying interesting topics. It is absolutely worth subscribing to (the paid version of) this weekly newsletter.

• Register for the Vietnam Weekly newsletter here

MORE PUBLICATIONS ABOUT DOING BUSINESS IN VIETNAM 

There is tons out there about doing business in Vietnam and we keep track of the most interesting publications on our website. 

Check out all publications on doing business in Vietnam here.

GOT SOMETHINGTO SHARE?

Do you have an interesting document to share? Interesting company news? A job opening? 

We have an online knowledge corner, offline seminar program, and capacity to broadcast webinars and podcasts. If you are a member and / or have something to contribute to the current knowledge on doing business in Vietnam, please contact Guido at exec.director@dbav.org.vn 

More information on this event will be shared with members only. Pre-registration is required.

Interested in doing more for DBAV? Join the DBAV Board of Directors! Application form here. If you are interested to join our Board, fill it out and send it to exec.director@dbav.org.vn.

Some highlights in the calendar. Events of DBAV, fellow European business associations, and friends!  

• February 4: Meet Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman (NVCC)
• February 5: [Webinar] Briefing on Party Congress (AmCham)
• February 5: [Webinar] Vietnam supply chain & trade matters (Britcham)
• February 25: HCM & online Business Intelligence Briefing: Real Estate Outlook 2021 (Amcham)
• February 25: DBAV Member Night
• March 4: DBAV AGM
• March 25: AGM EuroCham
• March 25: Vietnam Real Estate Symposium (Co-hosted)