| January 1 | New Year's Day Holiday, ASEAN and US | ||
| January 4-12 | Thailand | Congressional Staff Del to Thailand | Frances Zwenig US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6721 Fax: 202.289.0519 fzwenig@usasean.org |
| January 6 | Pathet Lao Day Holiday, Laos | ||
| January 7 | Victory Day over the Genocidal Regime Holiday, Cambodia | ||
| January 10 | Ied-ul Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) Holiday, Indonesia, Malaysia | ||
| January 12-14 | San Francisco, California | Annual Executive Roundtable "APEC 2006" The US ASEAN Business Council and the National Center for APEC invite you to participate in the Annual Executive Roundtable “APEC 2006: Vietnam’s Vision, U.S. Business Goals” to take place on January 12-14 in San Francisco, California. The Annual Executive Roundtable is the venue for formulating U.S. business strategy for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which will be chaired by Vietnam in 2006. The National Center for APEC conducts the Executive Roundtable annually and is delighted this year to be working in partnership with the US ASEAN Business Council, which is chairing the U.S. APEC Business Coalition in 2006 | Martin Hutagalung or Virginia B. Foote US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6710 Fax: 202.289.0519 mhutagalung@usasean.org or virginia.foote@usvtc.org |
| January 15-20 | Ati-Atihan Festival Holiday, Philippines | ||
| January 16-20 | Indonesia | US-Indonesia Business Council Mission to the Republic of Indonesia With the goal of developing trade and investment opportunities for U.S. business with Indonesia, the business mission organizes meetings and events with senior Indonesia government leaders, policy-makers, business and thought leaders. | Chris Fedderson Tel: 202.416.6719 Fax: 202.289.0519 cfedderson@usasean.org |
| January 17 | Hanoi | Breakfast Meeting with USTR WTO Team to Vietnam The Council and AmCham will be hosting a breakfast meeting between US company representatives and the USTR negotiating team in Hanoi on January 17. This event is open only to member companies | Virginia B. Foote US-Vietnam Trade Council Hanoi virginia.foote@usvtc.org |
| January 18, 2006 | Hanoi | WTO Negotiation Debriefing with USTR The U.S. WTO negotiation team from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative conclude the latest round of bilateral talks in Hanoi on January 18th and have very kindly agreed to debrief U.S. companies on the outcome of this round of negotiations before leaving Hanoi on Wednesday night | Ha Tran US-Vietnam Trade Council Hanoi ha.tran@usvtc.org |
| January 20 | Army Day Holiday, Laos | ||
| January 25 | Washington, DC | Breakfast Discussion with Mr. Tan Chek Ming and Singapore Ambassador Chan Heng Chee The US-Singapore Business Council's quarterly breakfast program is part of a regular series of meetings the Council has with Ambassador Chan and officials from the Government of Singapore to discuss issues of importance to American business. Mr. Tan Chek Ming, the new Assistant Managing Director of EDB, will be joining us from New York to give a presentation on "Singapore's Economic Development - Past, Present and Future". Also, Ambassador Chan is prepared to talk about this year's budget, economy and priority areas for the Singapore Government this year. | Hanna Lee US-ASEAN Business Council Tel: 202.416.6706 Fax: 202.289.0519 hlee@usasean.org |
| January 29 | Vietnam | Tet Nguyen Dan Holiday, Vietnam | |
| January 29-30 | Chinese New Year Holiday, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia | ||
| January 31 | Islamic New Year (1 Muharram) Holiday, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore |