Knowledge partnership with Vietnam Finance Industry

In September 2007 the Department of Accounting and Finance signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC). The MOU covers cooperation across the areas of collaborative research and executive training programs.

The first output from the MOU was the delivery of an executive training program in the offices of the Securities Research and Training Centre, State Securities Commission (SRTC) in Hanoi on the 25, 26 and 27 April 2008. The program covered the subject area of "Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Valuation" and was presented by Mr Victor Borg, lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Finance. The program was provided to the State Securities Commission on a fee for service basis.

The participants included executives from securities firms, banks, fund managers as well as staff from the regulator (the SSC). The feedback received from the participants was very positive.

The department will be delivering a further three executive training programs for the SRTC in Hanoi throughout 2008 across a range of topics. In 2009 it is anticipated that the same programs will be delivered in Ho Chi Minh City on behalf of the SSC.

This endeavour complements the activities that are resulting from an MOU signed with the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) in April 2006 that is producing outcomes of both collaborative research and executive training activities.

The Department of Accounting and Finance currently has a number of post graduate students and staff from Vietnam.

More information can be obtained from David Greenberg - Project Manager Financial Services Education, Department of Accounting and Finance

Email: david.greenberg@buseco.monash.edu.au
Ph:+61 3 9903-1431