Over 200 booths to represent Vietnam at 20th CAEXPO

Vietnam is set to be represented by over 200 booths at the coming 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), the biggest number of booths it will have at this annual event so far.
Over 200 booths to represent Vietnam at 20th CAEXPO ảnh 1The February 21 briefing on the 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is set to be represented by over 200 booths at thecoming 20th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO), the biggest number of boothsit will have at this annual event so far.

CAEXPO,first held in 2004, plays a highly important role as it provides a chance for Vietnamto advertise product brands in the southern Chinese market and promote exportsto the neighbouring country, said Vu Ba Phu, Director of the Trade PromotionAgency (VIETRADE) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, at a briefing on the event inHanoi on February 21.

Thisyear’s CAEXPO is scheduled to take place in Nanning city of China’s Guangxiprovince from September 16 to 19, after three years held online due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Covering122,000sq.m. both indoor and outdoor, it will feature six main zones, namely azone for displaying products of ASEAN countries and China, an exhibition zonefor their outstanding cities, a zone for investment cooperation exhibition, andthe other three for showing agricultural cooperation, new technologies, and tradeservices.

Besides, more than 100 investment and trade promotion events, along withconferences and workshops of the 10 ASEAN countries and others will also beheld.

The expo, which will mark the 20th anniversary of both theChina-ASEAN strategic partnership and CAEXPO, will also re-activate the ASEANeconomic ministers’ forum, according to CAEXPO Secretary-General Wei Zhaohui.

LeHoang Tai, Deputy Director of VIETRADE, said that with the in-person formatresumed, the 20th CAEXPO will be a big rendezvous for ASEAN andChinese enterprises as well as others around the world. It will enhanceenterprises’ trust in the recovery and development of trade and investmentpartnerships.

VIETRADEwill coordinate with other agencies of Vietnam to arrange the participation inthe expo and create the best possible for Vietnamese firms to take part in thisevent with the most fruitful results, he noted./.

VNA

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