Located at92-96 Nguyen Hue Street in District 1, the showroom also aims to helpbusinesses market their exportable products to domestic and foreigncustomers and explore opportunities to expand exports.
Eightythree companies from HCM City and other provinces and cities aredisplaying food and foodstuffs, cosmetics, handicrafts, beverages,confectionery, garments, tea and coffee, sauces, spices, drugs andhealthcare products, plastic products, and household utensils there.
ITPCdirector Pho Nam Phuong promised to provide businesses with informationabout export markets, information about importers there, demand, andnetworking opportunities and to send information about them to foreignconsulates in Vietnam and Vietnamese trade offices abroad.
Weekendsample sale sessions would be organised from 5pm to 9pm at the showroomto enable companies to showcase their new products, she said.
Thisway the companies could directly contact customers to learn about theirdemands and tastes, and gradually improve their quality and designs tofully satisfy consumer demand, she added.
Nguyen Thi Nhung,assistant manager of Tan An Foods Processing Export Co, Ltd, whichexports cashew nuts mostly to the US, Australia, Hong Kong, and the EU,said by displaying its products at the show the company hoped topopularise them.
An executive from Tai Tai Production and TradingJoint Stock Company said the company hoped to find business partners toexpand its export markets.
Speaking at the opening ceremony,Deputy Chairwoman of the HCM City People's Committee Nguyen Thi Hongsaid enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized ones, should takeadvantage of the showroom to market their products.
She said thecity's exports (excluding crude oil) topped 11.28 billion USD in thefirst half of the year, a year-on-year surge of 8.14 percent.-VNA