Poster of the event (Photo: tradepro.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The 16th Vietnam International Trade Fair (VietnamExpo)will take place at the Saigon Exhibition & Convention Centre (SECC) in HoChi Minh City from December 5 to 8.
Theannual event will see the participation of 750 companies from 16 countries andterritories, who will showcase more than 5,000 products across 800 stalls.
Accordingto Trinh Xuan Tuan, deputy director of the Vietnam National Trade Fair andAdvertising (Vinexad) – organiser of the event, the company received more than1,000 bookings for working meetings by visitors from Germany, the US, UAE,Singapore and Japan, among other countries.
Thisyear, Belarus is the guest of honour, sending 60 firms, including themanufacturer of haulage and earthmoving equipment BELAZ and the producer of drybaby food Bellakt, to the expo.
TheBelarusian stalls will display equipment used in agricultural and urban sectors,food and beverage, medicines, chemical products and development projects bylocal scholars.
AlexanderOgorodnikov, Belarusian Deputy Minister of Industry, said Belarus considersVietnam an important partner and wants to accelerate the progress of keybilateral projects.
Henoted the Belarusian government expects to push bilateral trade with Vietnam to500 million USD in 2019.
Basedon its potential, Belarus has chosen the VietnamExpo as a destination forbusinesses from both countries to expand investment, he said.
Thecountry was also an honourary guest at the VietnamExpo Hanoi in 2016.
Accordingto Alekxey Bogdanov, head of the central office for foreign economic activitiesunder the Belarusian Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the European countryhighly values Vietnam’s food and beverage market. It is working to establish ajoint venture in Vietnam, producing dairy products based on Belarusiantechnologies. The construction of the dairy plant will begin at the end of thisyear.
In2017, goods trade between Vietnam and Belarus raked in 180 million USD. In2018, the two countries sign a protocol on auto assembly in Vietnam, which isexpected to inaugurate a MAZAsia truck manufacturing plant in Hung Yen provinceby the end of the year.-VNA
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