Hanoi(VNA) – The 2017 Vietnam Export Promotion Forum took place in Hanoi on April 20to discuss ways to develop and add value to products for export.
The event was heldby the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) at the Ministry of Trade andIndustry in response to the Vietnam Export Strategy from 2011-2020 with avision to 2030.
The forum is anannual event to provide an opportunity for enterprises, policymakers and economicexperts to exchange information, evaluate export markets and develop theirmarkets, Vietrade director Bui Huy Son said.
The forum offers achance to propose policies to enhance exports to improve Vietnam’s position asa capable, reliable and sustainable exporter, he added.
Vietnam’s exportreached 176.6 billion USD last year, an increase of nine percent from a yearearlier, despite extreme weather conditions and climate change threatening todecrease the country’s agricultural productivity, Son noted.
Director of theInstitute for Brand and Competitiveness Strategy Tran Van Nam said exportpromotion activities play a vital role in bridging supply and demand as well asproduction and distribution to markets.
Nam cited the factthat agricultural production can generate a huge amount of farm products butthe country has struggled to distribute and export these products due tofarmers’ lack of promotional skills.
Trade promotionorganisations should support the farmers by helping them access new marketsboth at home and abroad and encouraging market-oriented production, hesuggested. - VNA
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Illustrative image. (Photo: VNA) 
