The Investment and Trade Promotions Centre (ITPC) in HCM City hasannounced this year’s export promotion campaigns in the seven keymarkets of the US, Europe, Japan, Cambodia, Myanmar, China and Laos.
The centre will also conduct market surveys in Indonesia and the Philippines.
The ITPC will also organise business trips for businesses to visit exhibitions, fairs and conduct surveys overseas.
The city’s competitive export staples are footwear, garment andtextiles and processed seafood, which are expected to make up 35 percentof its total export revenues over the next five years. They arefollowed by hi-tech products.
ITPC will also set up adatabase on export businesses and their products and organise a seriesof business meeting for domestic enterprises to meet foreign buyers inthe food, furniture, handicraft, interior decoration,electricity-electronics, textiles and garments and footwear sectors .
The city will strengthen ties with several localitiesto help businesses access materials easier. It will also step upcooperation with international promoters and Vietnamese trade councils,consuls and embassies on the latest market information.
This year, the city plans to hold 12 meetings with state managementagencies in its districts to improve production and business operations.
In addition, ITPC will hold more trade fairs insuburban areas, industrial parks and export processing zones to promotethe domestic consumption of Vietnamese goods.
TheDeputy Chairwoman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong,said that ITPC should increase the quality and effectiveness ofinvestment and trade promotion activities and professionalise itsoperations.-VNA