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Conference held next week to unlock Vietnam-UK trade potential

A conference will be co-held on June 23 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the British Embassy in Vietnam and the British Chamber of Commerce Vietnam (BritCham) to support Vietnamese enterprises to join the supply chain of British enterprises.
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Hanoi (VNA) – A conference will be co-held on June 23 by the Ministryof Industry and Trade (MoIT), the British Embassy in Vietnam and the BritishChamber of Commerce Vietnam (BritCham) to support Vietnameseenterprises to join the supply chain of British enterprises.

The conference "UK Market: Unlocking great potential by leveraging advantages of the UKVFTA" also aims to further promote traderelationships between the two countries, and support Vietnam enterprises to jointhe supply chain of British enterprises, taking advantage of the opportunitiesbrought by the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).

It will provide an opportunity for managers, experts andenterprises from both sides to discuss the benefits brought by the UKVFTA andshare experience in how to capitalise on those benefits and boost bilateral tradeand investment cooperation, according to the MoIT

Speakers from the MoIT, the British Embassy and BritChamwill give attendees an overview of the UK market and potential for cooperationbetween Vietnam and British enterprises. They later talked about instructions andqualifications for exporting Vietnam’s agricultural products to the UK, potential for British enterprises to invest in Vietnam's industry and how Vietnam canbe supported to develop basic and supporting industries.

There will be two sessions of discussion, one of which will provideinsights into opportunities of British enterprises to invest in Vietnam andthose of Vietnamese firms to join the UK’s industrial supply chain. The other willdiscuss experience in taking advantage of the UKVFTA to export Vietnameseagricultural products to the UK as well as required qualifications and proceduresto do that./.
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