Service used: Business-matching Services
Company: IPR Forum Co.,Ltd - Korea

Our fee: US$5,000

The company was hired to organize a trade mission named "KOREA (JEON BUK) TRADE MISSION 2007 TO VIETNAM" in Hanoi and Hochiminh city on June 18-23, 2007. This event was co-organized by Jeonbuk Technopark, Jeonbuk SME Support Center and Jeonbuk Trade Association, Korea. Delegation of 9 Korea enterprises, located in Jeonbuk province, jointed this event to introduce their advance products and techniques to Vietnamese buyers, and also aim to find partners to promote manufacturing co-operations, set up distribution channels and do investments. All the preparations had to be done in 45 days. ABIX had been chosen as a partner to provide business-matching services in Vietnam.

The company provided ABIX all operation information, product descriptions, detailed technical specifications and target partners of each Korean enterprise. Within 30 days, ABIX had filtered databases, identified and contacted with over 80 potential buyers in each city. In 15 days left, ABIX arranged meeting schedules, invited the buyers and provided partner information to customer. During the Trade mission time, ABIX supported the company to organize event and co-ordinate meetings between Korean suppliers and Vietnamese buyers. Through 2 meeting days in Hanoi and Hochiminh city, 9 Korean companies shown their products from aluminum products, sewage disposal apparatus, special equipment vehicle, cosmetics, plasma panel printer, kitchen utensils, to jewelry to Vietnamese buyers and signed sales agreement with amount up to U$ 3,300,000. After the official meeting, there are some individual meetings that reflect Vietnamese interest in Korean products. "This mission has proved that Vietnam is the high potential export market for Korean products, and we would continue to participate in future events", said Mr. K.H.Yang, president of Seki Trade Co., that has developed sewage disposal apparatus.

Service used: Business-matching Services
Company: Chamber of Commerce of Santa Cruz of Tenerife (Cámaras - Spain)

Our fee: $3,200

The company wanted to organize a trade mission named "SPAIN (TENERIFE) TRADE MISSION 2008 TO VIETNAM" in Hanoi on Apirl 11-12, 2008. 15 Spanish companies visited Vietnam Expo 2008, looked for Vietnamese suppliers to promote manufacturing co-operations and do investments. All the preparations had to been done in only 10 days - short time for such a big event. Despite that, ABIX still accepted to provide business-matching services and took all resource to do.

The company provided ABIX all operation information, interested product descriptions, and target suppliers of each Spanish enterprise. They were interested in Vietnamese products such as: construction materials, indoor / outdoor decorations, handicrafts, office furniture, traffic equipments, car battery, accessories for car. Within 6 days, ABIX filtered databases, identified and contacted with over 60 potential suppliers. In 4 days left, ABIX arranged meeting schedules, invited the suppliers and provided partner information to customer. Besides, ABIX prepared and organized a seminar named "Vietnam exporting panorama & opportunities for Spanish" with the presentations of 2 experts came from Ministry of Trade of Vietnam. Through the seminar, Spanish companies had the overview about Vietnam market and exporting. In the 2 following days, ABIX led the companies to visit Vietnam Expo 2008. There, Spanish companies had chances to see products, discussed with Vietnamese companies. The 2 days left was the most important days, ABIX led the companies to visit and work with Vietnamese suppliers toward the schedule. Vietnamese companies (introduced) their products to Spanish buyers and signed sales agreement with amount of U$ 1,200,000. That number and the satisfaction of customer proved the quality of ABIX business matching services. "Vietnam is a developing country with many advantages such as: various natural resources, the high demand of infrastructure construction, low labor wages, available input material and production lines imported from many developed countries like German, Canada, USA, Japan, France... Therefore, Vietnamese commodities are low-priced with diversified design and quality. We very satisfy with the success of this Trade mission. Our companies found matching partners. We would like to have further co-operations with ABIX in such kind of event", said Mr. Juan J.Reguez Marichal - President of Chamber of Industry & Commerce of Santa-Cruz de Tenerife.

Service used: Branding
Company: India Tourism - Singapore branch - India

Our fee: US$ 23,760

The company is a branch of Indian government organization in Singapore that works in tourism sector. This branch has responsibility for promoted Indian tourism operations in Asia. As a member of ATF - Asean Tourism Forum that organized at Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on Jan 6-9, 2009, the company wanted to do the branding strategy about image of Indian tourism during and after that event. The items that belong to this strategy were: 1 billboard on Noi Bai highway in 1 month, 1 billboard on V-Tower Kim Ma Street in 5 days, advertisement on 5 buses in 6 months and 3 standees at India Embassy in 1 year. Time to do this strategy is only 14 days, too short. However, we understood how important to the company if that strategy is successful. We tried our best to sort out with high quality and speedy.

The company provided designs of all advertisements. ABIX have ability to design these advertisements but the company had done them before, it made process shorter. ABIX translated all advertisement words and placed them on designs. All advertisement must have 2 languages: English and Vietnamese, Vietnamese words have to be bigger than English. After these designs were approved by both sides, ABIX started to produce and completed successfully 1 day before event. ABIX Service Manager went to airport to pick up Mrs. Neela Lad - Assistant Director of India Tourism when she came to Vietnam and took her to check and take over the advertisements. She was very happy about the result. She really appreciated the professional and considerate branding services that ABIX provided to her organization.

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