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Mekong Delta localities active in market expansion

Can Tho city will work with other Mekong Delta localities to step up trade promotion abroad in order to push the region’s export turnover to over 11 billion USD in 2014, an official has said.
Can Tho city will work with other Mekong Delta localities to step uptrade promotion abroad in order to push the region’s export turnover toover 11 billion USD in 2014, an official has said.

Nguyen KhanhTung, Director of the city’s Investment – Trade – Tourism PromotionCentre, said Can Tho together with Ben Tre and Kien Giang provinces willjoin in the Flanders International Trade Fair in Ghent city, Belgium,from September 6 – 14.

The city will send to the event 46businesses, which will showcase processed agricultural and aquaticproducts, garments, footwear, handicrafts, and tourism services.

Afterthat, it will make a market survey in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates,and take part in the Big 5 Dubai 2014 exhibition, he added.

CaMau province will also survey markets and promote investment and tourismwhile participating in the Japan International Seafood and TechnologyExpo, the Fine Food Australia and the World Food Moscow 2014 in Russia.

Inthe coming time, its neighbour Kien Giang will display its bestproducts and services at an international autumn trade fair for tourismin Russia, an Asia fair on tourism, a trade and investment promotion inSingapore, and a rice expo in China.

Recently, Mekong Deltaenterprises have carried out promotion activities in India, the Republicof Korea, Japan, Thailand, Australia, the US and some European, Africanand Middle Eastern countries.

During those trips, they won anumber of contracts worth hundreds of millions of USD, helping bring theregion’s exports to 6.4 billion USD in the first seven month of 2014,up 233 million USD from a year earlier.

Regional businesses havealso received assistance from the Vietnamese Embassies, which helped thecircle’s access to market information and operation overseas.-VNA
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