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Vietnam attends 3rd China International Consumer Products Expo

A delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien attended the opening ceremony of the third China International Consumer Products Expo in Haikou city of Hainan province on April 10.
Vietnam attends 3rd China International Consumer Products Expo ảnh 1The Vietnam Pavilion at the third China International Consumer Products Expo. (Photo: vneconomy.vn)
Beijing (VNA) – A delegation led by Minister of Industry and TradeNguyen Hong Dien attended the opening ceremony of the third China InternationalConsumer Products Expo in Haikou city of Hainan province on April 10.

Speaking at the event, Dien stressed that the Vietnam-Chinacomprehensive strategic cooperative partnership is developing well, bringingabout substantive benefits for both sides.

Despite serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinaremains Vietnam’s biggest trade partner, and Vietnam is currently China’slargest trade partner in ASEAN and the sixth in the world, Dien said, adding that tradebetween the two countries currently accounts for about a quarter of Vietnam'sforeign trade turnover.

Speaking highly of the significance and practicality of the expowhich is one of the few major national-level fairs held right after the ChineseGovernment announced the successful control of the pandemic, the Vietnameseminister expressed his hope that participating businesses will have moreinformation, form determination, be proactive and creative, and soon turn ideasand cooperation opportunities into specific programmes, projects and contracts,thus contributing to bringing economic and trade cooperation between countriesto a new height.

Vietnam attends 3rd China International Consumer Products Expo ảnh 2Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien speaking at the opening ceremony. (Photo: nhandan.com.vn)
The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade is willing tosupport and create the most favourable conditions so that Vietnamese, Chineseand foreign enterprises can boost cooperation and achieve the highest results,he added.

At the opening ceremony, Dien had a discussion with ChineseMinister of Commerce Wang Wentao on creating favourable conditions to boosttwo-way trade, especially opening doors to more Vietnamese agriculturalproducts.

He proposed Wang back the Vietnamese ministry’s opening of tradepromotion offices in Hainan and Chengdu. The Chinese minister accepted theproposal, stressing the need for the two ministries to coordinate closely toboost two-way trade.

Over 3,100 brands from 65 countries and regions arepartaking in the third expo. The exhibition area is set to increase by 20% overthe previous edition, reaching 120,000sq.m.

On April 10 afternoon, Minister Dien is scheduled to attenda ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Vietnam pavilion, a Vietnam-China trade and investmentpromotion conference, and an inaugural ceremony of a Southeast Asia InvestmentService Centre at the Hainan Free Trade Port./.
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