August 24, 2015
Japan Fair Trade Commission
The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), along with the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA), the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), will co-host the 11th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy and the 9th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
The East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy has held aiming at strengthening the cooperative relationship among competition authorities/competition related authorities through candid exchange of views and information with attendance of the top-level officials from those authorities.
The East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy has been organized for the purpose of developing the common understanding on importance of competition law and policy in the East Asia region.
18 authorities in the region in total will participate in the Meeting and the Conference this year.
1. Date:
(1) The 11th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
(2) The 9th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
2. Location:
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3. Agenda:
(1) The 11th East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meeting on Competition Policy
(a) Recent Developments and Future Prospects of Competition Policy and Law in East Asia
(b) Toward Effective Regional Enforcement Cooperation in East Asia including Technical Assistance Activities and the Role of the Meeting
(c) Future Prospects of the Meeting
(2) The 9th East Asia Conference on Competition Law and Policy
(a) Business Compliance to Enhance the Competition Culture
(b) Independence of Competition Authority and its Impact on Effective Enforcement of Competition Law and Policy
East Asia Top Level Officials’ Meetings and East Asia Conferences in the past
| Time | Location | Meeting | Conference |
| March 2004 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | - | 1st Conference |
| May 2005 | Indonesia (Bogor) | 1st Meeting | 2nd Conference |
| June 2006 | Thailand (Bangkok) | 2nd Meeting | 3rd Conference |
| May 2007 | Vietnam (Hanoi) | 3rd Meeting | 4th Conference |
| April 2008 | Japan (Kyoto) | 4th Meeting | - |
| June 2009 | Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar) | 5th Meeting | 5th Conference |
| September 2010 | Korea (Seoul) | 6th Meeting | - |
| September 2011 | Singapore (Singapore) | 7th Meeting | 6th Conference |
| May 2012 | Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | 8th Meeting | 7th Conference |
| August 2013 | Philippines（Manila） | 9th Meeting | 8th Conference |
| October 2014 | Japan (Tokyo) | 10th Meeting | - |
*Every announcement is tentative translation. Please refer to the original text written in Japanese.
