Vietnamese and Chinese firms meet at a recent event in Hanoi to exchange business opportunities. (Photo: moit.gov.vn) Hanoi (VNA) - Forty Vietnamese enterprises will join a business trip toexplore export opportunities in the Chinese cities of Nanning and Kunming fromJune 10-13, the Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade has announced.
The firms include dairy producerVinamilk, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Seafood Processing Import Export Co, Lien Viet Group,Tien Giang Food Co and Friesland Campina Vietnam.
The trip is part of the NationalTrade Promotion Programme in 2019 and will include representatives fromtrade promotion agencies of 11 localities in the north.
The upcoming trip aims topromote shipments of Vietnamese agricultural products, seafood, processedfood as well as handicrafts and garments, Vietrade said, adding that it willhelp domestic firms advertise their trademarks in the cities.
During their stay in China, the delegationwill participate in the Vietnam-China Business Forum, slated for Nanningin Guangxi province on June 10 and visit a farm produce trading centre a daylater. They will also attend a trade fair and a large-scale investmentconference in Kunming of Yunnan province on June 12.
In addition, they will visit theASEAN Yunnan logistics centre, Asian trading centre and a market on fruit andconsumer goods that will help them study the tastes of Chinese, Vietrade added.
Over the years, trade tiesbetween Vietnam and the two Chinese provinces have helped bring Vietnamesegoods closer to the lucrative Chinese market and brought Chinese products toASEAN markets.
Currently, two-way trade between Vietnam'slocalities and Guangxi province accounts for more than one-fourth of theVietnam-China trade value. In 2018, the trade topped more than 26.7 billion USD,up 8 percent year-on-year.
Last year, trade turnover betweenVietnam and Yunnan province also saw a yearly rise of 13 percent to 4.15billion USD and has room to grow, according to Vietrade.-VNA
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