The CITIC CLSA Investors’ Forum is a large-scale event held annually. This year, the event took place from September 9 to 12, 2024 in Hong Kong, attracting more than 1,000 senior executives from more than 400 leading companies, along with more than 2,000 investors worldwide. Gemadept was honored to represent Vietnamese enterprises at this forum.
As one of the most anticipated investor forums in Asia, CITIC CLSA offers extensive opportunities for business access and networking through hundreds of one-on-one and group meetings with top business leaders, global industry experts, and highly regarded analysts.
This year's forum featured a lineup of outstanding leaders and pioneering thinkers. These speakers shared unique perspectives on a variety of fascinating topics. The speakers included renowned US communications experts, inventors, technological futurists, and the former Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Singapore. Their contributions created impressive highlights in the schedule of the world of financial entrepreneurs at the event.
The forum also delved into groundbreaking macroeconomic, geopolitical, and strategic topics shaping portfolios. These included the impact of the 2024 US Presidential Election on the market, breakthrough advances in AI and chip technology, changing consumer behavior, the dynamic crypto world, and the potential of Asia and emerging markets to lead the next global growth cycle. These discussions were conducted with great enthusiasm and provided multi-dimensional information.
At this event, Gemadept attracted the participation of more than 20 leading, prestigious investment funds from the region and around the world. These funds registered to attend and directly met and exchanged through 8 group sessions and one-on-one meetings. Gemadept's representatives presented updates on Vietnam's economic and import-export situation, cargo volume through Gemadept's ports, and highlighted the company's pioneering role in investment, projects, and business performance. In addition, Gemadept also shared the progress of key projects and the strategy to develop the Port – Logistics ecosystem more comprehensively and effectively in the future. Notably, Gemadept's sustainable development strategy was also one of the top concerns of investors.
In the open, friendly, and close-sharing atmosphere of the meetings, investors expressed concerns about Gemadept's current and future performance. These concerns included the ongoing investment and expansion of large-scale port projects, capital needs for these projects, Gemadept's development strategy and vision, the positive impacts of adjusting seaport floor prices, growth potential, flexibility in responding to new market challenges and trends, practical actions towards greening and digitalization, and updates on the impact of Typhoon Yagi and Gemadept's efforts to quickly put the ports into operation and ensure the port schedule for shipping lines.
The Company's representatives discussed and answered the issues of interest to investors. The Company is always receptive to the sharing and contributions of investors. This helps to optimize operational efficiency and multiply the value for all parties. This also contributes to the common development efforts of the Vietnamese, regional, and world economies.
The CITIC CLSA Investor Forum 2024 has concluded, but the collaborative opportunities forged during the event will continue to open up for participating businesses and spread widely to the investment community. Gemadept is honored to have significantly contributed to these bridges of commerce, connecting Vietnam to the global value chain.
* Pictures of CITIC CLSA Investor Forum 2024 in Hong Kong
