Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Applauds President Barack Obama’s Nomination of Jennifer Choe Groves to the U.S. Court of International Trade

 

July 30, 2015

Ashland, VA, USA. – Today, the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce (VACC) commends U.S President Barack Obama’s nomination of Ms Jennifer Choe Groves to the U.S. Court of International Trade.

The U.S. Court of International Trade has nationwide jurisdiction over all civil actions arising out of U.S. customs and international trade laws.

“VACC applauds President Obama for his concrete action to bring diversity to the national judiciary system expressed by the latest presidential nomination,” said VACC Chairman Tinh D. Phan. “As leader in addressing business issues confronting Asian Pacific American businesses in the Commonwealth Virginia-DC Metro Area and in several other Southern States, we are encouraged to see an Asian American, if confirmed, to be the first Asian Pacific American judge to serve on this prestigious court,”  he added.

Ms. Groves is the CEO of Titanium Law Group PLLC and Choe Groves Consulting LLC. She was a partner at the law firms of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC, and Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP. She was Senior Director of Intellectual Property and Innovation at the Office of the United States Trade Representative, in the Executive Office of the United States President.

Through statewide events and activities and advocacy work, VACC advocates for equal opportunity in the business economic and procurement place, works to eliminate crimes against Asian Americans and their workplaces, and promotes the business growth of our membership in the minority and other under-served communities.

To learn more about VACC, visit us at: www.aabac.org and follow us on Twitter at: @VAAsianChamber

Learn more about Ms Jennifer Groves at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferchoegroves

Virginia Asian Foundation Helps Enhance International Cooperation and Cultural Understanding

 

Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce and Virginia Asian Foundation Helps enhance international cooperation and cultural understanding between the citizens and businesses of Asia and the communities of Virginia.

The Chamber (VACC) is a C6 non-profit, non-political, business networking association.

VACC’s Sister Agency, the Virginia Asian Foundation (VAF), is a C3 non – profit dedicated to promote business and cultural education, to increase the quality of life of Asian Americans, and to help enhance international cooperation, cultural understanding, and trade and investment between the citizens and businesses of the 37 countries of Asia and the Commonwealth’s businesses and communities.

Both the VACC and VAF ‘s programming are supported by a diverse membership of Virginian-Other American-Asian – owned companies in the U.S, educational institutions, business and trade associations, and professionals.

New members of the Asian Chamber are always welcome and if you or your organization have an interest in helping to sponsor one of our activities to bridge the Asian and Virginia communities, please contact Ms. My Lan Tran, VACC Executive Director at: aabac@aabac.org concerning membership categories.

ProcureCon NOVA 2015 EXPO is October 1 in Fairfax

VIRGINIA ASIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S NORTHERN VIRGINIA OFFICE proudly presents ..

ProcureCon NOVA 2015
The 2nd Annual Regional Business To Business Procurement Conference, EXPO, and Match Making OPPORTUNITY + CONNECTIONS II

Thursday Oct 1, 2015 – 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
The Three Flint Hill Professional Building
Penthouse Conference Center – 3201 Jermantown Rd, Fairfax, VA 22030

Introducing Our First Keynote Speaker:
Shekar Narasimhan – Managing Partner at Beekman Advisers

About Shekar: The White House Adviser to President Obama
Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Adviser to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Board of Housing and Community Development – State of Virginia.

Register and enjoy early bird rates before September 6 at:
https://procureconnova2015.eventbrite.com

Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Helps Virginia Government and Businesses Understand The Asia Pacific Region

Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce’s seasoned business counselors and leaders and business specialists have helped hundreds of Virginia businesses succeeding in the domestic market through our decade of business development and education activities.

With more then forty years of experience in international trade and investment our staff has also helped numerous Virginia businesses understand global cultural nuances, create prospective markets, explore new opportunities, and establish productive operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Asian Chamber serves as a bridge between the West and East by offering cultural and business in-country information to help members gain commercial success in the Asian global markets. We do this by advancing Asia-Virginia business relationship and by addressing the challenges of doing business and international relations in the Asia- Pacific region. We help private businesses understand and manage issues related to the economic and cultural affairs in order to operate profitably in Asia’s region-specific markets.

We promote events that bring together stakeholders operating in or with vested interests in the region, creating a unique opportunity for business leaders, policy-makers, and academics to debate new ways of dealing with Asia’ emerging issues.

The Economist ‘s upcoming International A.S.E.A.N and other Asian Country events:
South-East Asia Summit 2015 – August 20 in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
India Forum – Sept 9 in New Delhi, India
Innovation Forum- Oct 14 in Hong Kong, China PRC
China Forum- Sept 11 in Shanghai, China PRC
Indonesia Forum,- Feb 25, 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia

6,300 Federal Business Opportunities Totaling $505 Million – To Be Released by Year End 2015

Virginia Asian Chamber Of Commerce Bringing Business Opportunities and Resources to Small Businesses!

HOT NEWS!

VACC announces that a free webinar regarding 6,300 + federal opportunities to be likely to be released by year-end CY 2015, totaling approximately $505 million in business ready to be won will be held on August 27, 2015 at 2pm.

VACC encourages all small businesses to discover which opportunities to target ! Webinar highlights will also include:

• Analysis of fourth quarter calendar year 2015 federal opportunities by region and industry
• Competitive landscape review of top regions
• Detailed look at top regional opportunities to be released before the end of 2015

VACC Executive Director My Lan Tran Continues to Engage active dialogue with City of Zhengzhou-China on behalf of City of Richmond, Virginia

Dialogue between Virginia State Asian Chamber of Commerce – City of Richmond Economic Development Department and the City of Zhengzhou, of the Peoples Republic of China continue to yield positive results and progress.

Ms Tran successfully coordinates an engaging and active dialogue with the  City of  Zhengzhou, of the Peoples Republic of China on behalf of the City of Richmond Economic Development Department to help increase  business exchanges between the two sister cities. Exciting details will be announced at our VACC website in the months to come.

Picture Credit:  http://www.hdwallpapersinn.com/hong-kong-skyline-wallpapers.html

Asian Chamber To Diversity Business Services For Small-Minority Businesses

The Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce Program Committee with My Lan Tran, VACC Executive Director, David Liu of CDL Global Consulting Services, LLC,  and Vickie Quigg of Summitis LLC help VACC strategize to engage more diverse entrepreneurs across the Commonwealth of Virginia with new exciting VACC programs and activities  to further promote Asian American business entrepreneurship development at the state level.

The minority disadvantaged entrepreneurship initiative, led by Virginia Asian of Commerce, headed by key stakeholders, will identify various of resources from all aspects of business perspective: business planning, financial statement, cash flow requirement, business development, procurement, business strategies, logistics planning, supply chain management, human resources and customer services, legal and taxation, etc., to establish a one stop shopping resource for minority and disadvantaged business owners, by providing regular consulting services, business development services, etc., in order to assist them on day to day operations to fast grow companies and optimize daily business operations, to achieve higher revenue and net profit margin.

Northrop Grumman To Join ProcureCon NOVA 2015

The  state Asian Chamber works collaboratively with the Purchasing Division of Northrop to help increase Asian American and Pacific Islander participation in supply diversity initiative at ProcureCon NOVA 2015 – Oct 1, 2015 in Fairfax.

The VACC works collaboratively with the Information Technology Purchasing Division leadership to encourage more Asian American and Pacific Islander to do business with the company  at our upcoming 2^nd annual business conference on October 1, 2015 in Fairfax as our EXPO Exhibitor.  Last year ProcureCon NOVA 2014 conference was standing room only event attracting close to 200 Asian entrepreneurs and buyers from the local, state, federal government sectors and private industry. Learn more about ProcureCon NOVA at: http://www.aabac.org/eventlist/procurecon-nova-2014/

August 26 in Fairfax – Register to Join VACC’s Northern Virginia Office at Breakfast with Procurement Consultant David Liu

Register to attend  a Breakfast with the Consultant- Procurement Consultant David Liu- Wednesday August 26, 2015 in Fairfax  at the Three Flint Hills Building – 2^nd session of 4 sessions as part of the VACC Statewide Procurement Academy.  Details at: http://bfastwithconsultant.eventbrite.com

4 CRITICAL LEARNING AREAS

1.  Do’s and Do Not’s for business development with your government clients2. How to establish rapport to develop new business andexpand your existing business

   3. Why Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) is not the most important way to get your contract award

   4. What does “Small Business” title for you REALLY mean to the Government-SURPRISE factor!

Asian Chamber Participates In Event Promoting U.S + A.E.A.N Economic Connectivity to Benefit SMEs & VACC Members

On June 15, Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce leadership was honorary guest of the U.S- A.S.E.A.N Business Council and heard Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken deliver remarks on the U.S.-A.S.E.A.N relationship at an annual Gala dinner commemorating the 30 th anniversary of the Council work with U.S major businesses doing business with the ten A.S.E.A.N countries to create opportunities for U.S and A.S.E.A.N nations. Deputy Blinken delivered remarks to a crowd of 300 on U.S.- A.S.E.A.N economic relations and future potentials and the critical role of SMEs from both countries as catalyst for global economic growth for both the AS.E.A.N and U.S. regions.

At the Gala, Chairman Tinh Phan and Executive Director My Lan Tran personally connected with Commercial Section leaders from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, and many other embassy leadership personnel as well as Exxon Mobil, QualComm, citi Bank, AGI,  the Asian Development Bank, and the Rand Corporation and the press and think tank such as the Washington Post, PBS, Bankgkok Press. These world leaders embrace the leadership of the Virginia Asian Chamber of Commerce leadership who has the vision to economic opportunity for VACC members and the strategic economic importance of this connection to American SMEs , 700+ are VACC Members in the Southern spread across the Southern U.S States.

 

At the US ASEAN Business Council Gala held at the luxurious the Four Seasons in Washington DC, it was presented that if A.S.E.A.N is the one economy, it could be 4th largest by 2050 if it continues to grow the speed it does and the U.S. is embracing this region and in particular the A.S.E.A.N SMEs by connecting them with American SMEs such as our VACC Members across the Southern States. This connection helps VACC SME members learn more about the A.S.E.A.N profound and enduring economic potentials.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the U.S.-A.S.E.A.N Business connectivity at the Four Seasons Hotel with VACC leadership Event Participation

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the U.S.-A.S.E.A.N Business connectivity at the Four Seasons Hotel with VACC leadership Event Participation