January 1New Year's Day Holiday, ASEAN and US


January 4-12ThailandCongressional Staff Del to Thailand Frances Zwenig
US-ASEAN Business Council
Tel: 202.416.6721
Fax: 202.289.0519
fzwenig@usasean.org
January 6Pathet Lao Day Holiday, Laos


January 7Victory Day over the Genocidal Regime Holiday, Cambodia


January 10Ied-ul Adha (Feast of the Sacrifice) Holiday, Indonesia, Malaysia


January 12-14San Francisco, CaliforniaAnnual 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 2006Martin 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 15-20Ati-Atihan Festival Holiday, Philippines


January 16-20IndonesiaUS-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 17HanoiBreakfast 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 companiesVirginia B. Foote
US-Vietnam Trade Council
Hanoi
virginia.foote@usvtc.org
January 18, 2006HanoiWTO 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 nightHa Tran
US-Vietnam Trade Council
Hanoi
ha.tran@usvtc.org
January 20Army Day Holiday, Laos


January 25Washington, DCBreakfast 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 29VietnamTet Nguyen Dan Holiday, Vietnam


January 29-30Chinese New Year Holiday, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia


January 31Islamic New Year (1 Muharram) Holiday, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore