Dear Vietnam Responsible Care Council,
On behalf of the U.S. Department of State’s Chemical Security Program (CSP), CRDF Global will implementa
two-day English-Language hybrid workshop in Bangkok, Thailand from August 17-18, 2023, to engage
e-commercepolicymakers, regulators, industry leaders from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Vietnam, and Taiwan. This workshop will improve both regulation and voluntary industry initiatives across
sectors in an effort to promote secure purchases and prevent chemicals of concern from being traded
online. The workshop will illustrate the risks involved with online chemical weapon supply chains, provide
training onthe rapidly evolving and disparate typologies employed by these diverse threat actors, and
educate participants on risk mitigation strategies.
The workshop will be tailored to policymakers involved in government chemical counterproliferation
efforts and chemical e-commerce regulations, industry leaders, and representatives involved in chemical
e-commerce. Attendees will have increased awareness of emerging chemical security threats over ecommerce transactions and will be able to collaborate with other regional stakeholders to create
regulatory best practices to close the chemical security gaps related to e-commerce transactions.
Additional topics include:
• Supply Chain Security for E-Commerce Markets and Suspicious Transactions;
• Voluntary Initiatives for E-Commerce Supply Chains;
• Existing E-Commerce Legislation and Loopholes;
• Blockchain Technology in E-Commerce Supply Chain Security.
CRDF Global cordially invites you to attend and share within your network for two individuals to attend
remotely from Vietnam. There is no registration fee or cost to attend this event. Please share this
invitation with them and request that they register their interest and availability with this form by May
15, 2023. We thank you for your cooperation with CSP. Please feel freeto contact Ms. Kristin Ronzi via
email ([email protected]) with any questions regarding this engagement. We look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Ms. Nadia Abraibesh
Program Manager
Chemical Security
CRDF Globa