A number of other trade fairs including Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair, Hong Kong International Tea Fair, Home Delights Expo, and Beauty & Wellness Expo, also kicked off at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on August 12.

The Vietnam booth at the Hong Kong Food Expo 2021.

According to Vietnamese Consul General in Hong Kong (China) Pham Binh Dam, Hong Kong is a large trade transhipment centre, and the annual food expo always attracts a large number of food producers, importers and exporters all over the world.

This year’s event saw the participation of over 880 enterprises worldwide. It aims to introduce and promote the food industry of Hong Kong and other countries.

The expo also offers a good chance for businesses to promote their trademarks and look for importers and exporters in the field of food production and technology. It is expected to welcome over 20,000 visitors per day.

In 2019, the event attracted 1,578 producers, traders and distributors of food and beverages, food-related products and services from Australia, Canada, mainland China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan (China), Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the US and Vietnam.

Last year, the food expo was not held due to complicated developments of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid patient fined for escaping hospital to buy food

A Covid-19 patient in Bac Giang who scaled the walls of a field hospital to go out and buy food has been fined VND17.5 million ($761.64).

Creative idea to establish food supply – demand linkage group amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) - Vietnamese people always show great solidarity and alliance of compassion in difficult periods of natural disasters and Covid-19 pandemic. However, inconsistent assistance may cause redundancy in some places and still shortage in others. Director of Bagico Joint Stock Company (Bagico) Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc suggested to establish food supply – demand linkage group in Viet Yen district.

Fishy banh mi delight Saigon foodies

A 25-year-old banh mi stall in Saigon has developed quite a reputation thanks to its round scad sandwich fillings, normally comprised of pork.

Nha Trang to develop night-time food street along beach

Authorities in Khanh Hoa Province on Wednesday approved a night-time food street comprising 20 mobile trucks along a beach in Nha Trang, a top tourist attraction.

Bac Giang makes production plan to ensure food security

(BGO) – Bac Giang province has devised a plan to develop the local agricultural production in the direction of improving efficiency and sustainable values, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The province strives to achieve an average agricultural production growth rate of about 1.6 percent per year in the 2021 - 2030 period.

Source: NDO/VNA