To celebrate Vietnam Entrepreneurs Day (October 13) and the Annual Meeting between the Prime Minister and enterprises, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) will organise the inaugural Vietnam Businessman Golf Tournament 2005 - VCCI Cup, the biggest event for Vietnamese enterprises to date, on Saturday October 8 at the Chi Linh Star Golf & Country Club in Hai Duong province.
Supported and co-hosted by the Vietnam National Committee for Sport and Physical Culture and the Hai Duong Provincial People’s Committee, the tournament will gather together 200 golfers, including successful businessmen from all economic sectors in Vietnam and 30 VIP guests who are Government officials, leaders of ministries, provinces and cities, and ambassadors to Vietnam. The golfers will be divided into three divisions: A for golfers with handicaps from 0 to 20; B for those with handicaps from 21 to 31, and Callaway, and will tee off at 6:45 and 12:15. The winner of the tournament will be presented with the VCCI Golf Cup and a gift worth US$1,200.
Apart from the purpose of strengthening relations between VCCI and the business community in Vietnam, the tournament will also provide a good opportunity for entrepreneurs to exchange views and business experience, expand international relations, affirm trademarks and images of enterprises, get some exercise, and contribute to the development of the game of golf in Vietnam.
According to Dr Doan Duy Khuong, VCCI Vice Executive President and Head of the Organising Committee of
Businessman Golf Tournament 2005 - VCCI Cup, golf is considered the sport of international integration and therefore more and more Vietnamese entrepreneurs have spent time on playing with the aim of strengthening relations with their partners and seeking new business opportunities. “This is a new business culture in Vietnam,” he said. The tournament, he added, will include charity activities to partly ease the circumstances of dioxin victims, using funds raised from green fees and the auction of valuable gifts at the Prize Awarding Ceremony.
The Prize Awarding Ceremony will be hosted at a five-star hotel in Hanoi. Apart from presenting prizes to the best golfers, valuable gifts will also be given to lucky golfers and guests in a lucky draw. An auction will also be held of a pair of FIFA World Cup 2006 semi-final tickets and a book called “Vietnam - 10 Years after the US War” by Oishi Yoshino, a freelance photojournalist, to raise funds for dioxin victims and disabled children.
This is a very important sports event, not only for VCCI but also for the entire Vietnamese business community. Therefore, VCCI will organise the tournament each year on the Saturday or Sunday prior to October 13. VCCI is asking the National Sports Committee to add the tournament to the annual sports events list.
VCCI’s Vietnam Business Forum Magazine, the Chi Linh Star Golf & Country Club, the Hanoi Golf Club and the HMBV Group are responsible for the holding of the Businessman Golf Tournament 2005 - VCCI Cup.
Detail information about the tournament, please contact:
Mr. Pham The Nam
VCCI’s VIB Forum
Tel: 04 5743985 / 0913 571349
Email: nampt@vcci.com.vn
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