Vietnam Media Workshop

The Forum, in support of and in partnership with the IFC Vietnam Corporate Governance Project, and as part of its global Media Program, convened a workshop on March 31-April 2 to train journalists on key issues within corporate governance and "best practices" in reporting techniques on the subject. This was also the first media workshop convened by the Forum in partnership with Agence France Presse, with whom the Forum has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on such workshops worldwide, building on the Forum's ongoing program with Thomson Reuters Foundation. At the workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, some twenty journalists engaged in discussion on topics covering, among others, the perspective of foreign institutional investors regarding corporate governance, the views and relevant activities of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange and coaching on techniques of investigative journalism. The Forum is planning to work further with VCGP in the coming months on Board Leadership and IoD development."

For workshop agenda, please click here.

For more information about this workshop, please contact Eugene Spiro at Espiro@ifc.org.

For other workshops which have been organized and the Media Training Program, please click here.

Presentations:

Day 1:
1. Introduction to Corporate Governance presented by Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara – IFC’s Vietnam Corporate Governance Program

2. Introduction to Vietnam Corporate Governance Program presented by Pham Lien Anh, Operation Officer

3. Corporate Governance in Vietnam presented by Bui Hoang Hai, Deputy Director, Issuance Management Department, State Securities Commission (SSC)

4. Reporting Exercise - The Case for Good Corporate Governance presented by Juan Carlos Fernandez Zara

5. Role of Journalists in improvement of Corporate Governance presented by Andrew Newby, AFP

Day 2:
1. How Corporate Governance Practices Influence Investment Decisions presented by Jon Lukomnik, Partner, Sinclair Capital LLC (New York)

2. Reporting Exercise - Company Results Press Release presented by Andrew Newby, AFP

3. Discussion on “The Story behind the Numbers: Examining an Annual Report of a Listed Company in Vietnam” presented by David Anderson , Managing Director, Deloitte, Vietnam

Day 3:
1. Why Good Corporate Governance Is Important for Stock Markets presented by Ms. Tran Anh Dao, Director of Listing Administration, Hochiminh City Stock Exchanges (HOSE)

2. Interactive Session on Investigative Business Journalism led by Jon Lukomnik, with commentary by Andrew Newby

• Presentation one by Jon Lukomnik
• Presentation two by Andrew Newby