The Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce (GCOC) and Georgia Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce (GVACC) have agreed to participate in an alliance and made it official at the Gwinnett Chamber’s March board meeting. This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is meant to encourage and further collaboration between the two parties to best serve their members. 

The Georgia Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit membership organization, 501 (c)(6), with the vision and mission to create a sustainable competitive advantage for its general members and give back to the Vietnamese community. As the voice of the Vietnamese business in Georgia, GVACC’s goal is to strengthen the Vietnamese business community through advocacy, promotion, education, networking and unification. 

“The opportunity to partner and collaborate could not have come at a better time. The two organizations share a common goal, which is to advocate and provide a resource for businesses to connect and thrive,” said Michael Tran, Vice President and founding member of GVACC. “Through this greater alliance, we look forward to creating meaningful change and working together to inspire and support each other so that, we both, can further promote and advance the businesses and economic development within our community for a healthy and inclusive economy. On behalf of the Vietnamese-American businesses and community, we are greatly honored and look forward to working closely with the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.” 

In addition to a collaborative partnership, this alliance is formed to develop a mutual understanding and working relationship between the two chambers.  

“We continue to be intentional in our outreach to our bi-lateral chamber partners, and we are excited to have formalized another agreement,” said Nick Masino, President & CEO, Gwinnett Chamber and Partnership Gwinnett. “I was glad to re-connect with Mike Tran in Washington D.C. at the National Summit of Vietnamese American Leaders in 2011. As Gwinnett County accounts for about a third of the state’s nearly 60,000 Vietnamese population, our partnership with the Vietnamese-American business community is vital to the county and region’s economic growth.”