The event features over 120 pavilions from nearly 80 Vietnamese enterprises, introducing products in many diverse commodities, including food and beverage, machinery and equipment, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, equipment and components, smart solutions, and banking services.

The ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the 2019 Vietnam Expo in Myanmar.

The displayed products are expected to meet the demand of Myanmar consumers.

Speaking at the opening ceremony for the expo, Deputy Director of Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency Le Hoang Tai said that the Vietnam Expo in Myanmar has become an effective ‘bridge’, helping Vietnamese businesses promote their brands and expand their distribution system as well as help to learn more about economic policies and investment in the environment of the host country.

For his part, Director General of Myanmar Trade Promotion Organisation (Myantrade), Aung Soe, expressed his appreciation of Vietnam’s organisation of trade promotion events in the country, including the Vietnam Expo.

Vietnam is now the seventh biggest investors in Myanmar, with 25 major projects worth total nearly US$2.2 billion.

The trade turnover between the two countries reached nearly US$860 million in 2018 and is estimated at US$1.05 billion in 2019.

Further popularising Vietnamese goods

Over the past 10 years, the ‘Vietnamese give priority to Vietnamese goods’ campaign has been widely deployed and received an active response from people from all walks of life and the business community. In addition to promoting and increasing the value of domestic products, the campaign has helped to curb inflation, reduce trade deficit, and ensure supply and demand balance, as well as contribute to the national socio-economic development.

Week of Vietnamese goods in Thailand slated for September

A “Week of Vietnamese Goods in Thailand” will be held in from September 18-22 at Central World, Bangkok’s biggest shopping mall.

Vietnamese goods week to be held at Japanese supermarket chain

A week for Vietnamese goods this year will be held at the Aeon supermarket chain in Saitama prefecture and Kanto region in Japan from June 5-12, according to organisers.

AEON wants to order Vietnamese goods in bulk

Japanese-based retail giant AEON is targeting bulk purchases of high-quality materials from Vietnam, Shiotani Yuichiro, General Director of AEON Topvalu Vietnam, said at a conference to connect Vietnamese firms with AEON’s supply chain held in Hanoi on April 25.

Roadmap to eliminate and reduce tariff barriers on Vietnamese goods

 

Source: NDO