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The Forum will bring together leaders from governments, donors, international organizations, business and academia to foster trade action in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and inspire deeper collaborations and commitments in support of further LDC integration into global and regional trade.
2018 is a turning point for LDCs and trade, with a growing trade gap between developed nations and the world’s poorest countries and increasing instability in the world economy. The momentum we generate this year must lead to further integration of LDCs into trade at multiple scales into the future.  
At the Forum, leaders and practitioners from around the world will share what they have achieved on trade development in LDCs to date, with Aid for Trade complementing national initiatives, and will commit to doing more to ensure LDCs integrate and benefit from global trade. It will culminate in a call to action to leverage trade to combat poverty and inequality and to create a more inclusive trading system. 
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Hang Tran

EIF/WTO
Senior Coordinator
Hang is responsible for coordinating the Asian LDC portfolio, Haiti and some West African Francophone speaking countries at the Executive Secretariat for the EIF. A part from providing customised support to EIF countries on trade capacity development and leveraging of resources, Hang is also working on sustainability dimensions and best practices in the EIF. Before joining the EIF in 2011, Hang served as Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam Mission to the WTO and Director General of the Ministry of Trade of Vietnam. Hang was also the focal point of trade-related technical assistance at the Ministry of Trade and served as Director of the Multilateral Trade Policy Assistance Programme for 6 years. Hang holds a Master degree in Public Management from Singapore University and Kenney School of Government, focused on trade and industrial policies and has 20 years of experiences in the field of regional integration, trade policies, negotiations, research, training, technical assistance, project cycle management and monitoring and evaluation.

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