The Macfrut Digital Trade Show being held online from September 8 to 10 offers a chance for Vietnamese enterprises to explore European market of nearly 500 million consumers and learn about their tastes. (Photo courtesy of organisers)HCMCity (VNS/VNA) - The Macfrut Digital Trade Show being heldonline for the first time from September 8 to 10 offers Vietnamese businessesthe opportunity to meet hundreds of global suppliers of fresh, safe and qualityfruits from Europe.
Macfrut Digital’s online platform Natlive is bringing together businesses inagricultural production, trading, machinery, greenhouses and irrigationsystems, nurseries and seeds, fertilisers and bio-stimulants, logistics andstorage, and others.
The event has attracted over 600 exhibitors from 30 countries.
Visitors can register for free at macfrutdigital.com. After signing in, theycan see an interactive map of products on display, visit virtual booths tolearn about products, ask for information from the organisers, and holdexchanges with exhibitors.
There will be conferences livestreamed for free on topics such as renovation ingardening, greenhouses and watering, and forums on bio-stimulation.
According to the organisers, the exhibition will offer a chance for Vietnameseenterprises, distributors and importers to seek tie-ups in the context that theEU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement with preferential tariffs took effect lastmonth.
Businesses in the field of agro-products and fruits could explore a market ofnearly 500 million consumers and learn about their tastes, they said.
According to European experts, Vietnamese agricultural produce such as cashew,coffee, vegetables, dragon fruit, lychee, coconut, fig, pineapple, avocado,guava, mango, and mangosteen are favoured in the EU.
Some of Vietnam’s organic products have entered this demanding market aftermeeting criteria set for organic, Rainforest Alliance and Fairtradecertification among others.
The organisers said conventional exhibitions and trade shows have to bepostponed or cancelled, thus limiting the trade exchange of businesses aroundthe globe.
“In this context, online exhibitions and trade shows are the best way forbusinesses to meet their partners internationally.”/.
VNA
