Vietnam, Japan to hold business matching webinar next week

The 2022 Vietnam – Japan business webinar on food products will take place commence from June 23 – 24 to help Vietnamese firms promote their products and seek opportunities for exports in Japan.
Vietnam, Japan to hold business matching webinar next week ảnh 1Fresh coconuts imported from Vietnam are on sale at AEON Lake Town Mall in Saitama, Japan. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) –The 2022 Vietnam – Japan business matching webinar on food products will take place commencefrom June 23 – 24 to help Vietnamese firms promote their products and seekopportunities for exports in Japan.

The event will beco-hosted by the Department of Trade Promotion (Vietrade) under the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade (MoIT), the Trade Office of Vietnam in Japan, and theASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC).

During the event’splenary session, speakers will give an overview of potential business andinvestment opportunities in the food industry between the two countries andprovide updates on the Japanese market for processed food.

There will also bebusiness-matching sessions for enterprises from the two sides.

Data from the MoITshows that Vietnam’s exports to Japan totalled 9.34 billion USD in the firstfive months of 2022, a year-on-year increase of 12.8 percent.

The number ofVietnamese people living in Japan has been on a rise, reaching around half amillion in 2021. As a result, imported food products from Vietnam has gainedincreasing popularity in Japan.

Last year, Vietnamshipped some 1.8 billion USD worth of agricultural and aquatic products toJapan, with significant growth seen in coffee (25.5 percent), vegetables (20percent), cashew nuts (39 percent) and pepper (56 percent).

Vietnameseagricultural and aquatic products are available at a number of major retailchains in Japan, such as AEON, Donkihote and Itoyokado./.

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