Cooperatives’ products, services introduced at Hanoi exhibition
The Coop-Expo 2022 opened at Vinhomes Royal City in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi on June 8, introducing typical products and services of cooperatives across the country.
Visitors exploring products in a booth at the exhibition (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – TheCoop-Expo 2022 opened at Vinhomes Royal City in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi onJune 8, introducing typical products and services of cooperatives across thecountry.
It also offers a chance for cooperatives to seek partnerships with businessesto bring their products to large supermarket chains such as Aeon, Central Group,Winmart, Lotte and Vinaconexmart.
Opening the event, NguyenNgoc Bao, President of the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) said that theevent, run until June 13, aims to create a playground for cooperatives to accessbusiness opportunities with exporters as well as domestic and foreigndistributors.
It also targets the development of resources for the collective economic sector,contributing to speeding up the socio-economic recovery and development programmein the 2022-2023 period, he said.
According to theorganising committee, the event draws more than 200 cooperatives from 50 VCAchapters in provinces and cities, along with more than 100 businesses who showcase their products at more than 250 booths.
Along with directly introducing their products and services to customers,participants also had a chance to explore the demands and purchasing power in the Hanoi market.
Within the frameworkof the event, a conference will be held to discuss the application ofe-commerce as well as the promotion of trade and investment in cooperatives in2022, aiming to encourage cooperatives, businesses and investors to partner andform production chains, enhance the productivity and product quality, andbring domestic farm produce to more markets inside and outside thecountry./.
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Visitors exploring products in a booth at the exhibition (Photo: VNA) 
