Nghe An participates in the North Central Region Trade Connection Conference

The North Central region is an important bridge, connecting the key economic regions of the Central and Northern regions. In particular, all 6 provinces of Thua Thien Hue, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa have borders with provinces of the Lao PDR, which is a favorable condition for economic exchange between Vietnam and Laos and Thailand and Myanmar.

The Conference on Connecting Trade between Suppliers and Export Enterprises and Trade Promotion Organizations in the North Central region aims to promote and exploit potentials, strengths and create conditions for organizations, enterprises and distributors to meet, learn about market information, find partners, and connect to trade goods. Thereby, creating opportunities to expand business markets, consume products; improve production methods to meet the requirements and standards of goods in domestic and foreign markets; Promote, display, introduce specialty products, typical products, OCOP products to partners and consumers, and exchange trade between localities...

Delegates attending the 2023 Conference on Connecting Trade between Suppliers and Export Enterprises and Trade Promotion Organizations in the North Central Region in Thua Thien Hue Province. Photo: CSCC

The conference is also an opportunity to review and evaluate the results achieved in trade promotion activities and import-export activities in localities in the region, to exchange and learn from each other's experiences, improve production and business capacity, overcome limitations and shortcomings of enterprises and state management agencies, and find appropriate solutions for implementation.

Reporting at the conference, Mr. Cao Minh Tu - Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade said: Implementing the local trade promotion program, in recent times, Nghe An has coordinated to organize the Conference on Connecting Trade between Ho Chi Minh City and the Northern and North Central localities; Organize a series of events to launch in response to Vietnam Consumer Rights Day, Vietnam Brand Day every year, with many diverse forms. Organize participation in the Conference on Connecting Trade between suppliers in the Central - Central Highlands region with export enterprises and trade promotion organizations; The 32nd Vietnam International Trade Fair in Hanoi.

Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between enterprises supplying products of Nghe An province and enterprises distributing goods nationwide. Photo: CSCC

Nghe An also focuses on implementing the E-commerce Development Plan in Nghe An province, period 2021-2025. Coordinate with a number of domestic e-commerce platforms to support the opening of booths for organizations and enterprises producing OCOP products, agricultural products, on platforms such as Voso, postmart.vn, http://37nghean.com... to consume products such as: Vegetable noodles, medicinal herbs, food, frozen seafood... Coordinate and support 21 districts, cities and towns to open district-level booths on the trading floor, with more than 300 typical, featured products, OCOP products... posted, at the same time, organize training to hand over booth management accounts so that localities can proactively update and interact with information about products (images, prices...) goods and services.

At the conference, there were 7 Minutes signed between Nghe An province product suppliers and goods distribution enterprises nationwide.