Due to popular demand of the creative community in Vietnam, the deadline for registration for Vietnam Young Lions 2010 Competition is now extended.
The last day of registration with the entries is on 31st October 2009. This will also help the contestants have more time to prepare for the competition.

On October 2009, VietnamMarcom and the HCM City University of Economy organized and delivered certificates of Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Brand Manager, Event Manager, Integrated Marketing Communication and CopyWriter for more than 200 students who had completed the training program. These programs are the most interested in recently time - especially young people. So until today, VietnamMarcom has trained the total number of students over 8000, after 9 years from 2000 to 2009.

More than 50 students came from many famous Vietnam ’s brands such as Mead Johnson, Saigon Tourist, S-Fone, FPT, VietnamWorks… have taked part the first Digital Marketing course on July 25th 2009 in Vietnam. This professional unique program have been organized by VietnamMarcom and the HCM City University of Economy. The course is leaded by 12 experts from leading digital marketing agencies in Vietnam.

More than 500 delegates, marketers, experts and Asean businessmen attended the seminar which had presented by Prof Philip Kotler about the “Maketing in Turbulent Times”. It was organized by Philip Kotler Center for Asean, Malaysia Marketing Institute and MarkPlusInc at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center on May 29th 2009. VietnamMarcom has been the unique invited guest in Vietnam and strategy partner for seminar in Vietnam. Here’s some important brief in the seminar : Chaotic adjustments: • Secure your market share from core customer segments. • Push aggressively for greater market share from competitors matching up to your core customer segments. • Research the customer more now because their needs and wants are in flux.

“I’ve applied much useful training program for works”. It was not only the honest assertion of Nguyen Hoang – one of the most active students in Integrated Marketing Communication program, but also all of the students in closing ceremony felt the same happiness. VietnamMarcom and the HCM City University of Economy organized and delivered certificates of Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Brand Manager, Event Manager, Integrated Marketing Communication, Realtor for more than 120 students who had completed the training program. Most of students couldn’t hide the cheerful feeling.

My first impression on his demeanor is his open smile and warm voice which gave expression of internal strength. He is the sole representative of Vietnam and the youngest among the experienced (MOVERS & SHAKERS) who have strong influence on advertizing industry in Asia. He is Tran Hoang - the founder and CEO of VietnamMarcom. Loyal to its mission, VietnamMarcom has cooperated with universities in the country in training marketing, advertising and media staff, inspiring the national internal force and talent to make due contributions to the social and economic development of the country. In the last 9 years, with its constant growth, Marcom trained 8,000 professional staff who are now in position of brand manager or director of marketing, sales, adverstisement or public relation.

New York Festivals Announces the debut of two new awards presented in the 2009 NYF Advertising in All Media Awards. For the first time in 52 years, the competition will recognize the creative excellence and ingenuity of the boutique advertising agency; in addition the competition will honor the year’s best new advertising agency.

Vietnam Marketing Conference 2009 organizied by VietnamMarcom last 18th Feb at New World hotel attracted more than 280 Marketing experts, CEO, Professor, Scholar and marketers.The theme of this year event is : Focus and differentiate. With supporting of THP Group and Speakers, partners, Vietnam Marketing Conference 2009 will share all speaker’s presentations for enterprises and university students who are interest.

The modernisation of Vietnam’s retail environment has opened up many opportunities for foreign companies to penetrate into this lucrative market. Faced with greater competition, home grown Vietnam brands are also looking at strengthening their foothold in the local market. Coupled with the rise in Vietnamese’s affluence and discerning power, retaining loyal consumers has never been more difficult.

In May 2009, he will publish Chaotics, a book about Marketing in age of Turbulence. And right on his 78th Birthday, 27 May 2009, he will come to JAKARTA and introduce his latest concept on Marketing in Turbulant Times. Don't miss this rare opportunity to be one of the very first few people who will listen to the new concept that will help you discover opportunities in a recession.

On 5th, Dec 2008, VietnamMarcom along with The Creative Circle stage The Big Show. This is an exhibition of the best creative work to come out of advertising in Vietnam over the year. This year, the event attracted more than one thousand of visitors with the exhibition of 67 Campaigns, 92 Prindads and 46 TVCs of 20 leading advertising agencies and organization.The event of exhibition is also a nice playground to share experiences, ideas and a good learning environment for local practitioners, marketers, and advertising students in Vietnam.

In preparing for the revising and updating the advertising law in Vietnam, on last 27 and 29 Oct, 2008, a delegate of 5 senior government officers in charge of Advertising from Vietnam Ministry of Culture Sports and Tourism had a study trip to survey the advertising industry in Japan, the advertising regulation and law, the experiences in the outdoor advertising planning and the activities of advertising associations. The trip was so successful thanks to the kind supports and arrangements of The IAA Japan Chapter, Mr.Takayuki Shimizu, Executive Director, Prof. Noriyuki Shuto, Dentsu INC, Mr. Tran Hoang, President, VietnamMarcom.

In October, 2008 VietnamMarcom had officially launched the new centre of study equipped with modern facilities. The designing and studying space concept is aimed for marketing and branding education. This give the learners and lecturers more motivation in the teaching and study. After 8 years of operations, VietnamMarcom has become the leading school in Vietnam in the field of marketing communication training for working people.

On 11 October 2008, VietnamMarcom and the HCM City University of Economy organized and delivered certificates of Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, Brand Manager, Event Manager, Integrated Marketing Communication, Real Estate Salesmanship and Tourism Marketing for more than 300 students who had completed the training program. In this ceremony, there were 5 team won award of Silver Project

Global Brand Forum 2007 will be held at the Ritz Carlton Millenia Singapore from 14-15 Augusst. All speakers will share their insights on the theme of the forum this year: "Maverick Approaches to Brand Building "

Vietnam Marketing Conference 2008 is the great annual conference on marketing which brings to light the new experiences and initiatives together with success stories of applied marketing in Vietnam and all over the world. This year, the theme is “Marketing Innovation” which mentions the key to marketing effective solutions that can make the utmost difference in the midst of a highly competitive market.

A BIG THANK YOU to all those who contributed to THE BIG SHOW 2007. This year saw an increase in participating agencies and an overwhelming increase in people viewing The Show.The attendance was estimated at 2000 people. Whereas The Creative Circle and VietnamMarcom are thrilled by the interest and support we cannot cater effectively for such numbers. Next year we have a new under cover venue with better lighting and security and hopefully full sponsorship for drinks.

Join us on June 4th -7th and push the boundary of your thoughts on consumer engagement, research, new media, and relationship between marketing and media professionals. We are bringing together respected luminaries in the marketing and communication circuit to showcase and discuss topics impacting your business today.