The event, arranged by Ho Chi Minh City authorities, featured 50 pavilions run by 34 businesses, including 24 Vietnamese firms.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung (fourth from left) attends the event in Melbourne.

Addressing the opening ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung underlined that the strong development of the Vietnam-Australia strategic partnership has offered new economic cooperation opportunities for businesses from the two nations.

He called on firms to grasp the chances to bolster investment and trade in a bid to double two-way investment.

Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen said the event is designed to help firms from the city bolster cooperation and connections with their Australian counterparts.

Through the event, HCM City is ready to welcome products from Melbourne and Victoria, with the aim of making the two sides become significant trade partners, he added.

Australia is currently Vietnam’s eight leading trade partner, while HCM City has attracted many investors from the country. To date, Australian firms have channelled 197.3 million USD into 197 projects in Vietnam’s southern economic hub, mostly in industry and services.

In 2018, two-way trade between HCM City and Australia hit nearly 979 million USD, of which exports to Australia reaching 578.5 million USD. The city’s main exports included computers, electronics and components, garment-textile, footwear and machinery.

Import-export activities between Vietnam and Australia have also increased after the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement took effect.

Week of Vietnamese goods in Thailand slated for September

A “Week of Vietnamese Goods in Thailand” will be held in from September 18-22 at Central World, Bangkok’s biggest shopping mall.

Vietnamese goods week to be held at Japanese supermarket chain

A week for Vietnamese goods this year will be held at the Aeon supermarket chain in Saitama prefecture and Kanto region in Japan from June 5-12, according to organisers.

AEON wants to order Vietnamese goods in bulk

Japanese-based retail giant AEON is targeting bulk purchases of high-quality materials from Vietnam, Shiotani Yuichiro, General Director of AEON Topvalu Vietnam, said at a conference to connect Vietnamese firms with AEON’s supply chain held in Hanoi on April 25.

Roadmap to eliminate and reduce tariff barriers on Vietnamese goods

 

Middle East, Africa as potential destinations for Vietnamese goods

Vietnamese enterprises should engage more in trade promotion activities in the Middle East and Africa, particularly as its traditional export markets are becoming oversaturated.

Source: VNA