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The northern province of Bac Ninh is hosting its second made-in-Vietnam fair under the programme of encouraging the consumption of Vietnamese products.

An event promoting Vietnamese products in Australia took place in Melbourne, Victoria state for the first time on November 26-27.

Vietnamese products have entered over 200 markets around the world including markets with strict import regulations and standards, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Vietnamese products have entered over 200 markets around the world including markets with strict import regulations and standards such as the EU, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the US, according to a recent report released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Many small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) have little experience in e-commerce and lack information about the field, experts said at the recent “Digital Transformation - Gateway to the Global Market” forum in HCM City.

A circular on "Made in Vietnam" products was expected to help businesses avoid accusations of fraud, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh at a conference held in Hanoi on September 25.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has praised Japanese retail giant AEON’s investment decisions in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Binh Duong in the past time.

A draft circular on "Made in Vietnam" products is expected to help genuine businesses avoid accusations of fraud, said a representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade and the municipal chapter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front on August 7 co-organised a press conference to launch a voting programme to select consumers’ most-favoured Vietnamese products in 2019.

A Vietnamese goods expo, to be hosted by the Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade, will feature close to 300 stalls, as heard at an August 7 press conference on the upcoming event.

‘Made in Vietnam’ products are required to have a localisation rate of 30 percent and be partly produced in Vietnam.

Once the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) takes effect, over 99 percent of tariff on goods from both sides will be lifted, thus helping to improve competitiveness as well as market share of Vietnamese products in the EU market, a Vietnamese official has said.

Vietnamese enterprises are showcasing their products at the 17th Import Goods Fair (IGF) 2019, which opened on June 27 in Seoul.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of Japanese retail giant AEON’s activities in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on June 20 for AEON’s Executive Director and General Director of AEON Mall Vietnam Y. Iwamura.

Consumption trends in the food and beverage industry in Asia and the world at large were the main topic of a seminar held by the Business Association of High-Quality Vietnamese Products in Hanoi on June 20.

A week of Vietnam-Hanoi goods kicked off at the AEON Lake Town Mori in Japan’s Saitama prefecture on June 8 as part of a cooperation pact signed between the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), Hanoi authorities, and Japanese retail group AEON.

A Vietnam fair was launched on June 7 at 46 supermarkets and malls of AEON group in Kanto region, including AEON Lake Town Mori in Saitama prefecture – one of three largest AEON malls.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved a plan to organise a week of Vietnamese goods in Thailand in October.

US economic officials have been holding events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City throughout the year to lure Vietnamese firms into joining a delegation to Washington, DC, which is scheduled for June 10-12, to explore investment opportunities, reported the Voice of America (VOA).

Seventy-five businesses will be honoured with the Vietnam National Quality Awards 2018, of which 22 will be presented with the golden prize.