On October 16, the second meeting of the business club of the Eurasian Business Alliance took place. The program was both practical and inspiring - offering concrete entry points for Russian companies.
Nguyen Mai Hong (V-Exim Solutions): Vietnam as a platform for growth
Mai presented Vietnam not only as one of Asia’s most dynamic economies, but as an ecosystem of ready-to-use localization solutions: eco-industrial parks, turnkey engineering infrastructure, and clear logistics. A special focus was SHINEC - mature industrial clusters where Russian companies can more easily launch production and joint R&D.
Additional entry vectors include tourism and medical tourism: Vietnam is already a year-round destination with rapidly growing private medical clusters. Mai also noted that her team already works with major hotel chains in Vietnam, and within these networks there is a program for supplying goods from Russia - an efficient channel for quick pilots and subsequent scale-up.
Ekaterina Evdokimova: SEZs and industrial parks
Ekaterina complemented Mai’s report with the “Van Phong Special Economic Zone + Ninh Diem 1 Industrial Park” bundle - tax incentives, long-term land leases, streamlined procedures, and predictable regulation. For business this means a clear route: a local legal entity, a land/construction contract, launch of a pilot line, and further expansion within the park and adjacent clusters. In short, ready-made “gateways” for localizing high-tech and export-oriented projects.
Vitaly Lazhintsev: ML/AI - no longer a trend, but a tool
Vitaly showed AI without magic or hype: concrete cases with stated budgets and timelines - from automating analytics and document flow to recommendation models and content generation. The logic is simple and strong: a fast pilot (6–12 weeks), before/after metrics (process speed, cost per hour, conversion), and scaling only what pays off. The outcome isn’t slides, but measurable efficiency gains that show up in P&L and time-to-market.
Ovik Nagapetyan: digital assets and stablecoins as settlement infrastructure
Ovik structured the topic of tokenizing rights and using stablecoins as working tools for cross-border settlements and disciplined treasury operations. The pillars of a mature model are regulatory cleanliness, smart-contract audits, and a transparent economic logic of collateral/redemption. Where speed, predictability, and compliance control matter, the “digital contour” cuts costs and increases transparency - remaining clear to finance teams.
Evgeny Shimanovsky: the “digital ounce” of gold
Evgeny presented a tool of utilitarian digital rights (UDR) backed by investment-grade gold coins: transparent accounting, circulation in a regulated contour, and a clear conversion from “digital” to “physical.” The context makes it especially relevant: gold is rising noticeably in price and preserves purchasing power, while fiat currencies are prone to devaluation. The “digital ounce” combines gold’s reliability with the convenience of digital settlements - from investing to operational business deals.
Strengthening the Alliance’s team
Special guest of the meeting, Svetlana Smorodina was officially admitted to the Eurasian Business Alliance as the President’s Advisor for Cooperation with India. Here it is important to state the Alliance’s ambition: to open its own representative office in India. This is a logical step toward a systemic dialogue with Indian institutions and companies and the expansion of a joint project agenda.
Nguyen Mai Hong (V-Exim Solutions): Vietnam as a platform for growth
Mai presented Vietnam not only as one of Asia’s most dynamic economies, but as an ecosystem of ready-to-use localization solutions: eco-industrial parks, turnkey engineering infrastructure, and clear logistics. A special focus was SHINEC - mature industrial clusters where Russian companies can more easily launch production and joint R&D.
Additional entry vectors include tourism and medical tourism: Vietnam is already a year-round destination with rapidly growing private medical clusters. Mai also noted that her team already works with major hotel chains in Vietnam, and within these networks there is a program for supplying goods from Russia - an efficient channel for quick pilots and subsequent scale-up.
Ekaterina Evdokimova: SEZs and industrial parks
Ekaterina complemented Mai’s report with the “Van Phong Special Economic Zone + Ninh Diem 1 Industrial Park” bundle - tax incentives, long-term land leases, streamlined procedures, and predictable regulation. For business this means a clear route: a local legal entity, a land/construction contract, launch of a pilot line, and further expansion within the park and adjacent clusters. In short, ready-made “gateways” for localizing high-tech and export-oriented projects.
Vitaly Lazhintsev: ML/AI - no longer a trend, but a tool
Vitaly showed AI without magic or hype: concrete cases with stated budgets and timelines - from automating analytics and document flow to recommendation models and content generation. The logic is simple and strong: a fast pilot (6–12 weeks), before/after metrics (process speed, cost per hour, conversion), and scaling only what pays off. The outcome isn’t slides, but measurable efficiency gains that show up in P&L and time-to-market.
Ovik Nagapetyan: digital assets and stablecoins as settlement infrastructure
Ovik structured the topic of tokenizing rights and using stablecoins as working tools for cross-border settlements and disciplined treasury operations. The pillars of a mature model are regulatory cleanliness, smart-contract audits, and a transparent economic logic of collateral/redemption. Where speed, predictability, and compliance control matter, the “digital contour” cuts costs and increases transparency - remaining clear to finance teams.
Evgeny Shimanovsky: the “digital ounce” of gold
Evgeny presented a tool of utilitarian digital rights (UDR) backed by investment-grade gold coins: transparent accounting, circulation in a regulated contour, and a clear conversion from “digital” to “physical.” The context makes it especially relevant: gold is rising noticeably in price and preserves purchasing power, while fiat currencies are prone to devaluation. The “digital ounce” combines gold’s reliability with the convenience of digital settlements - from investing to operational business deals.
Strengthening the Alliance’s team
Special guest of the meeting, Svetlana Smorodina was officially admitted to the Eurasian Business Alliance as the President’s Advisor for Cooperation with India. Here it is important to state the Alliance’s ambition: to open its own representative office in India. This is a logical step toward a systemic dialogue with Indian institutions and companies and the expansion of a joint project agenda.