Specialties of northern mountainous region introduced in Hanoi (Photo: VNA)Speaking at an economic forum to connect theproduction and consumption of products in these regions held on October 5 inHanoi, Hai said that realising the trade development programme in remote,mountainous and island areas for 2021-2025, the ministry is mobilisingresources to support production and consumption, build brands, boost digitaltransformation, and assist start-ups and exporters on international e-commerceplatforms.
He stressed the need to have a policy toeffectively utilise cultural and ethnic characteristics and specialties of eachlocality because this is the core factor to bring products, especially those ofmountainous, remote and island areas, into domestic and foreign distributionsystems.
According to the official, the programme has provedeffective, helping narrow the gap among regions, contributing to boostingsocio-economic development and increasing locals’ income.
Le Viet Nga, Deputy Director of the DomesticMarket Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said that over thepast time, the ministry has coordinated with other ministries, sectors andlocalities in mountainous, remote and island areas in holding many conferencesand seminars to boost production and consumption of key products.
At the forum, leaders of several provinces such asDien Bien, Thanh Hoa and Dak Lak showed their hope for more attention from theParty and State to help their local products gain access to reputable domesticdistribution networks and be exported./.
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