PM Phuc attends Vietnamese Goods Week in Singapore

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening ceremony on November 13 for the Vietnamese Goods Week in Singapore, as part of his trip to the country to attend the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
PM Phuc attends Vietnamese Goods Week in Singapore ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (center) at the launching ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Singapore (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc attended the opening ceremony on November 13 for the Vietnamese Goods Weekin Singapore, as part of his trip to the country to attend the 33rd ASEANSummit and related meetings. 

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ForeignAffairs Pham Binh Minh and Singaporean Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong alsoattended the event.

The Vietnamese GoodsWeek runs through until November 25 and aims to promote hundreds ofagro-fishery products and commodities of Vietnam to Singaporean consumers andinternational visitors, on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN Summit.

The event is held by Vietnam’s Ministry ofIndustry and Trade in cooperation with supermarket chain FairPrice, which distributesVietnamese goods in its total 146 stores in Singapore. 

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Industry andTrade Minister Tran Tuan Anh said that the Vietnamese Goods Week in Singapore demonstratethe effective cooperation between the ministry and FairPrice, and offerschances to expand cooperation models between the two countries’ businesses.

FairPrice’s retail system is selling about 650Vietnamese products, such as farm produce, foodstuff, industrial goods, plasticproducts, and chemicals, among others.-VNA
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