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Japanese prefecture seeks opportunity in Vietnam

An event to connect businesses from Vietnam and Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture was held in HCM City on February 27 to seek opportunities for cooperation and exports of local products to Vietnam.
Japanese prefecture seeks opportunity in Vietnam ảnh 1Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA)
HCM City 27 (VNA) – An event to connect businesses from Vietnam andJapan’s Hokkaido prefecture was held in HCM City on February 27 to seekopportunities for cooperation and exports of local products to Vietnam.

Horiuchi, a representative of the Hokkaido business delegation to event whichwas organised by the Hokkaido Industry and Trade Association and the JapanExternal Trade Organisation (JETRO), described Vietnam as one of the mostimportant partners of Japan in ASEAN. Japanese localities, including Hokkaido, arekeen on the market and promoting trade activities with Vietnam.
Hokkaido businesseswish to cooperate with Vietnam in import-export, distribution, retail,restaurant, with a hope of bringing local high quality products to Vietnameseconsumers, he added.

Hokkaido is Japan’s leading locality in agriculture and food processing, withrice, beef and seafood being the most famous products.

Vietnamese businesses highlighted the quality of Japan’s processed food, and saidthat to popularise Japanese products in Vietnam, businesses should lower priceby cutting down costs on transport and intermediate.-VNA
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