Hawk Associates CEO Frank Hawkins Chairing Panel on Vietnam's Emerging Market at International Investment Conference in Hong Kong

Business Wire, April 8, 2008

KEY LARGO, Fla. -- Hawk Associates Inc., a leading full-service international investor relations and financial media relations firm serving the small and microcap market, announced today that CEO Frank Hawkins is chairing the panel on emerging markets in Vietnam and Cambodia at the International PIPEs Conference, on Wednesday, April 9, at The Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong.

Hawkins will also discuss Vietnam's reputation as "The Next China," with its booming economy and rapidly growing stock markets.

Hawkins said, "Vietnam is attracting strong foreign investment with a stable political system, the increasing privatization of state-owned companies and an explosion of tourism along the country's 2,000 miles of coastline. Nearly 300 companies are now listed on the Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi stock exchanges and another 5,000 other companies are trading on Vietnam's OTC unregulated exchange. We has been active with Vietnamese companies for several years including our investment in Vietnam Financial Investment Media Group. Cambodia is still in a very early stage, but is attempting to get into the game."

Also on the panel are Henry Fahman, Providential Capital; Richard Freidman, Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference; Jeremy Goodwin, 3G Capital Partners; Andy Ho, VinaCapital Group; Anthony Sarkis, H.C. Wainwright & Co.; and Kim Song Tan, Cambodia Investment and Development Fund.

About The International PIPEs Conference

The International PIPEs Conference is a global event covering finance and law pertaining to going public and raising capital. The three-day conference focuses on China and investing in Asia-based companies. For more information, visit http://www.dealflowmedia.com.

About Hawk Associates Inc.

Since 1995, Hawk Associates has been helping microcap and small companies build valuation, support and credibility on Wall Street through customized, sustainable investor relations strategies. Hawk specializes in developing communications strategies that stand out in a universe of more than 5,000 small and microcap companies on Wall Street. Hawk has nearly 60 years of collective IR experience and serves clients in the United States, the U.K., China and Vietnam.

Hawk Associates is a founding partner of the Vietnam Financial Investment Media Group in Hanoi and also operates the American Microcap Institute, which provides third party analyst research reports for small companies.