Showing posts with label Viet trade fair in Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Viet trade fair in Cambodia. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Viet trade fair getting uncomfortably close to the Thai border

A Vietnamese Trade Fair to be held in Cambodia

10/07/2009
VOV News (Hanoi)

A Trade Fair displaying high-quality Vietnamese goods and export will be held in the province of Battambang in Cambodia, said Huynh Tan Phong, deputy director of Ho Chi Minh City’s Investment and Trade Promotion Centre.

This is the second trade fair to be held in Cambodia this year to help Vietnamese businesses expand their markets.

The large-scale fair, which is part of Ho Chi Minh City’s trade promotions campaign, will include a cultural exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia. It is estimated that 150 businesses will attend the fair displaying a wide range of products like processed foods, interior decorations, beauty and chemical products, garments and textiles, household plastic goods, electrical products and agricultural materials.

The fair will also aim to promote diplomatic and commercial relations between the two countries.

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Vietnam tries to cash in Cambodia-Thailand dispute by promoting its products in Cambodia

Vietnam Trade Fair opens in Cambodia

09/03/2009
VOV News (Hanoi)

The 2009 Vietnam Trade Fair, the second of its kind, opened at the Mondial National Exhibition Centre in Phnom Penh on September 2.

Attending the opening ceremony, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Cham Prasit described the event as a great effort of the Vietnamese Government to boost trade ties between the two countries to raise two-way trade to US$2 billion in 2010.

Deputy PM Cham Prasit said that through trade fairs, trade turnover between the two countries has consistently increased in recent years from US$935 million in 2006 to almost US$1.7 billion in 2008.

As many as 125 Vietnamese businesses are displaying their wares, including industrial products, commodities, foodstuff, cosmetics and garments.

During the fair, seminars will be held to discuss on business and investment opportunities between enterprises of the two countries.

The fair will run through September 6.