Thang announced theplan at a discussion within the framework of the meeting of Vietnameseoverseas trade counsellors, in Hanoi on Dec. 19.
He saidtrade promotion activities in 2012 will focus on the US, Europe, China,Japan, ASEAN, India, Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia, addingthat those markets are expected to help the country to fulfil the targetof earning 108 billion USD from exports next year.
Thang alsoaffirmed that the success of trade promotion programmes were attributedto contributions from Vietnamese overseas trade offices, which providedpertinent information about foreign markets and business consultancy toVietnamese enterprises.
In 2011, the national trade promotionprogramme registered many achievements, with a total contract value ofmore than 800 million USD signed between Vietnamese enterprises andforeign partners.
Noteworthy were the Vietnam-ChinaInternational Trade Fair 2011, which saw 19 contracts signed with avalue of 201 million USD, and the China-ASEAN Trade Fair, with 300million USD worth of signed contracts./.