Algiers (VNA) – The Trade Office of Vietnam in Algeria onMarch 2 coordinated with the Bab Ezzouar Commercial Centre in Algiers toorganise an event to promote Vietnamese coffee products.
At the event, visitors and local consumers had the opportunityto learn about Vietnamese coffee, listen to presentations about the coffeeprocessing methods, and enjoy the products.
On this occasion, the trade office also displayed catalogs andsample products of Vietnamese businesses and connected with customers.
Bab Ezzouar is the largest shopping mall in Algeria with storescovering an area of 45,000 sq.m, offices 20,000 sq.m, and UNO - a hypermarket7,200 sq.m.
Algeria is considered one of the major coffee-consuming marketsas it spends over 300 million USD importing about 130,000 tonnes of coffee beans on average each year, of which Vietnam's Robustagreen coffee beans usually account for 25-30%.
In December 2023, for the first time, the trade office held anevent to promote Vietnamese coffee and tra fish at the Carrefour hypermarket –another major distribution system in Algeria./.