Vietnam-China trade exchange opens in Can Tho
Can
Tho (VNA) – The Vietnam-China trade exchange programme opened in Can Tho city on April 21, with 150 Mekong Delta and 13 Chinese
firms taking part.
The
event enables agro-forestry-fisheries suppliers to boost exports and meet
with export-import and logistics companies of China’s Yunnan province. It is
also meant to realise a memorandum of understanding on trade cooperation between the Lao Cai provincial Department of Industry and Trade and the trade bureau of Yunnan
province signed in China’s Hekou district in January 2023.
Director
of the Lao Cai department Hoang Chi Hien said despite
COVID-19 last year, the total export-import value at Vietnam's border gates still
surpassed 2.2 billion USD, with nearly 800,000 tonnes of farm produce passing
through Lao Cai border gate.
Export-import goods through Lao Cai-Hekou international
border gate are complementary to each other, with Vietnam exporting farm
produce, fruits, and seafood while importing fertilizers, chemicals, and coking
coal from China to serve domestic production.
Hien said the event also affords Yunnan firms a chance
to evaluate the potential of farm produce production in Can Tho and adjacent
localities via fact-finding trips and working sessions with local businesses and production facilities./.