Since the first announcement in 11/2007, VNR500 has been appreciated to be a new model paid attention strongly from Vietnam enterprises community and experts, foreign partners concerning business and investment in Vietnam. VNR500 becomes a annual activities of new ranking branch in Vietnam.

With the announcement of Vietnam Top 500 Largest Enterprises Ranking Board, this is the first time in Vietnam, 500 Largest Enterprises in Vietnam has been established just for 500 Largest Enterprises. VNR500 Club is the place where businessmen, representatives of top corporations, companies meets each other and promotes Vietnam brands to global market.
VNR500 Club is established to develop VNR500- Vietnam Top 500 Largest Enterprises to a trusted national and international symbol, promote and honor brands of the companies to investors, businessmen, consumers , specially to America, Japan, EU market. The establishment of VNR500 Club guarantees objective, scientific and independent principle when building and ranking companies in VNR500.
With the large social meaning, VNR500 Club will help companies to cooperate, develop, have a chance to broad market and build global brand. This club also supports companies to build and perform standards in business management, commitments about contributing to the development of society and economy. In the progamme of promoting VNR500 brand, in 2008, VNR500 Club organized many practical activities, in general, for companies community and in particular, for companies which are members in VNR500 such as international conference “A day in Harvard – Promoting Vietnam Brand” with Professor John Quelch, Vice President of Harvard Business School, the talk “Media in the world nowaday” with the speech of Professor Thomas E.Patterson – The Director of Shorenstein Centre in Harvard University, the online lesson with Professor Bill George from Harvard Business School with the topic “Leading in the 21th century “.
And the latest event, on 2/1/2009, Vietnam Report cooperated with VietNamNet organized successfully the announcement Vietnam Top 500 Largest Enterprises and the Forum: Large Enterprises and the prospect of Vietnam economy in 2009. This forum had the presence of Professor Robert Kaplan from Harvard Business School, which coined Balanced Scorecard, a system of management and planning used widely in non-profit organizations, governments, industry and business sector in the world. Besides, the conference attracted the attendance of many companies in VNR500 and was received good appreciation of former Vice Prime Minister Vu Khoan and the representatives of companies in VNR500.
The activities in 2008 of VNR500 attracted attention of international organizations which want to know more about ranking board and VNR500 such as promoting trade organizations and consultant company McKinsey & Company, EuroMoney Institutional Investor PLC, IBM, …
The attempt of VNR500 Club in 2008 initially confirmed and honored the estate and contribution of Vietnam companies into general society and economic of Vietnam.