Latest News
Dhaka, 12 February 2025 – Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh, Her Excellency Nina P. Cainglet, paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Mr. Md. Jashim Uddin on 12 February 2025. The...
- Ambassador Cainglet Visits Teriyaki Boy in Dhaka
- Strengthening Philippines-Bangladesh Economic Ties
- New Philippine Ambassador Promotes Closer Trade and Investments During Presentation of Credentials to Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin
- Presentation of Credentials of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Leo Tito L. Ausan, Jr to Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid
SEMINAR ON PROMOTING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND THE PHILIPPINES
From left: Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Senior Vice President Waqar Ahmad Choudhury; Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) President Akber (Al) Hakim; DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Assistant Director Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi; DCCI President Osama Taseer; Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka Leo Marco C. Vidal; Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Jakarta Commercial Attaché Jeremiah C. Reyes; DCCI Vice President Imran Ahmed.
02 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh participated in a seminar on Promoting Bilateral Trade and Investment between Bangladesh and the Philippines at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Building.
Assistant Director Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi of the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry highlighted the Philippines as an emerging market that has consistent growth in recent years that is bolstered by numerous free trade agreements with other countries. Commercial Attaché Mr. Jeremiah C. Reyes of the Philippine Trade and Invest Center in Jakarta emphasized the need to establish frameworks of cooperation between the Philippines and Bangladesh.
The seminar was followed by a business-to-business (B2B) matching session where the business delegation was given opportunity to present their products to the members of DCCI and the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry. END
PHILIPPINE OUTBOUND BUSINESS MATCHING MISSION TO BANGLADESH CALLS ON THE PHILIPPINE AMBASSADOR
01 September 2019, Dhaka – Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo welcomed the first ever Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh.
The delegation, headed by Assistant Director Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi of the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, seeks to expand Philippine products’ presence in new markets like Bangladesh.
A welcome dinner was prepared by the Embassy where the Philippine delegation also got to meet the Philippine Honorary Consul in Chittagong, the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Board of Directors and leaders of the Filipino Community. END
PHILIPPINE EMBASSY DONATES BOOKS TO THE FILIPINIANA SECTION OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ─ BANGLADESH
Dr. Carmen Z. Lamagna (left), Ambassador Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo (middle), and Vice Consul Leo Marco C. Vidal (right)
27 August 2019, Dhaka – The Philippine Embassy donated several Philippine publications to the library of the American International University – Bangladesh (AIUB) to form part of the collection of its Filipiniana section, inaugurated on the same day. The AIUB is a leading private university in Bangladesh.
During the handover ceremony before the faculty and administration of AIUB, Ambassador Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo underscored the Philippines’ commitment to further people-to-people understanding between the Philippines and Bangladesh, and hoped that the books stir greater interest in the Philippines among Bangladesh faculty and students.
Ambassador Bandillo also remarked that the Philippines is celebrating its National Language Month this August, a time of reflection not just on our language, but also our identity and culture. END
PH EMBASSY MEETS WITH BANGLADESH-PHILIPPINES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FOR THE UPCOMING PHILIPPINE BUSINESS MISSION IN DHAKA
Standing from left: Third Secretary and Vice Consul Leo C. Vidal, H.E. Philippine Ambassador Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo, President of Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry Engr. Akber Al Hakim, and Economic Attaché of the Philippine Embassy Ms. Lauren S. Arce.
08 August 2019, Dhaka – The Philippine Ambassador to Bangladesh Vicente Vivencio T. Bandillo met today with the President of the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) to discuss the upcoming Philippine Business Matching Mission (OBMM) in Dhaka on 1-4 September 2019.
The OBMM aims to improve Philippine-Bangladesh trade relations by pursuing opportunities and areas of cooperation between Filipino and Bangladeshi business sectors.
Both sides also discussed the upcoming activities of the BPCCI. END
PRESS RELEASES
