The event aimed to connect small and medium enterprises of Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular who have demand to export to the Thai market. It also helped businesses to find partners and suppliers and introduce products to the Thai consumers.

Delegates visit a booth run by the ITPC.

According to ITPC Deputy Director Tran Phu Lu, Thailand has always maintained its position as the largest trading partner of Vietnam in ASEAN with bilateral trade turnover of 18.72 billion USD in 2021.

Thailand currently ranks ninth out of 140 countries and territories investing in Vietnam with total accumulated capital of over 13 billion USD as of February 2022.

The delegates said that Thailand is a potential export market for Vietnamese enterprises, but Vietnamese enterprises also face many challenges in terms of product quality, price, design, and connection methods to compete with other countries in the region.

Consumption trends in Thailand have some changes after the Covid-19 pandemic with growing online shopping, priorities given to products with reasonable prices, eye-catching and convenient store designs with personalised services, environmentally friendly products and others.

Many Vietnamese enterprises have successfully exported their products to the Thai market, showing that the market is not too “fastidious” but it is important to properly grasp the needs and tastes of local consumers.

Over 600 labours exported to Republic of Korea

(BGO) – Republic of Korea is among the traditional market for labour export of Bac Giang province. The province has implemented programme to bring Vietnamese labour to work in this country under the Employment Permit System which has low cost of immigration and helps labour earn stable income.

Various Vietnamese fruits able to be exported to Iran

Iran is a market with high demand for agricultural products and tropical fruits – which are Vietnam’s advantages, heard a recent export consultation session held by the Trade Promotion Agency.

Tan Yen separates lychee growing area code for export

(BGO) – Phuc Hoa commune, Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) now has grown 600 ha of early ripening lychee which has been granted a growing area code (GAC) since 2018.

Vietnamese firms get tips to boost export to Japan

Vietnam has become a big supplier of agricultural products for the Japanese market and Asia in general, but ample room remains for the country to boost export to Japan, as Vietnamese goods now account for only 3 percent of Japan’s total import value, heard a workshop on March 29.

Source: NDO