The High-Quality Vietnamese Goods Business Association held a seminar in HCM City on January 6 to review its activities in 2011 and announce a programme to expand outlets for Vietnamese commodities in 2012.

Last year, the Association organized eight trade fairs in provinces and cities nationwide, and 21 in rural areas. It also supported businesses in developing the local market by creating new products, conducting market surveys and developing a distribution network for Vietnamese goods.

In 2012, it will continue to help businesses introduce Vietnamese goods in traditional markets and implement the project on distribution maps in HCM City, Hanoi, and five southeastern and six southwestern provinces in the country.

On the occasion, the association also signed agreements with the Departments of Industry and Trade of five southeastern provinces to develop Vietnamese goods, as well as with the Can Tho Centre for Trade Promotion and Tourism to train traders and build stores to sell Vietnamese goods in remote areas.

Addressing the meeting, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa noted that in the future, the association should promote cooperation among businesses and localities nationwide to bring more Vietnamese goods into rural, island and border areas.

The event was attended by representatives from the southeastern and southwestern provinces, and more than 300 Vietnamese businesses.

(Source: Vietnamnet)