Top Thai Brands 2020 exhibition opens in Hanoi

Leading firms from Thailand are showcasing their products and services to local customers at the Top Thai Brands 2020, which began in Hanoi on July 9.
Top Thai Brands 2020 exhibition opens in Hanoi ảnh 1At a booth of the event (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Leading firms from Thailand are showcasing their productsand services to local customers at the Top Thai Brands 2020, which began in Hanoion July 9.

The four-day event is hosted by the Department of International Trade Promotionunder the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand, Office of Commercial Affairs underthe Royal Thai Embassy in Hanoi, in cooperation with the Vietnam National TradeFair and Advertising and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.

At the Hanoi International Exhibition Centre (ICE), some 75 booths aredisplaying and selling a number of categories of quality products fromThailand, including food and beverages, fresh fruits, household products,textiles and garments, jewellery, health and beauty products, decorative Itemsand souvenirs.

There will also be special activities of Thai food tasting prepared by ThaiSelect restaurants in Vietnam and Thai dancing performance. 

Addressing the opening ceremony, Thai Ambassador to Vietnam Tanee Sangrat spokehighly of bilateral relations in many fields between the two countries.

He described Top Thai Brands 2020 as a good opportunity for Vietnamesecustomers to get access to many of Thailand’s quality goods, creating aplatform for both Vietnamese and Thai enterprises to enlarge their networks andfurther develop strategic partnerships.

Thailand has been Vietnam's largest trading partner in ASEAN with bilateral tradereaching more than 17 billion USD in 2019. In the first five months of thisyear, trade turnover between the two countries was 6.2 billion USD./.
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