Networking event helps Vietnamese firms reach Europe
The Foreign Ministry's State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 23 held a virtual meeting to connect the Vietnam Private Business Association (VPBA) and the Vietnam - Europe international business association to the union of Vietnamese business associations in Europe.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Foreign Ministry's StateCommittee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on June 23 held a virtual meetingto connect the Vietnam Private Business Association (VPBA) and the Vietnam -Europe international business association to the union of Vietnamese businessassociations in Europe.
Nguyen Thu Do, VPBA Deputy General Secretary, said he hopes hisassociation and the union will engage in specific cooperation by signingagreements and create links via their members so that together they can bringmore Vietnamese products to European market.
Deputy head of the committee Ngo Huong Nam said the committee is always willing to support andhelp connect organisations of entrepreneurs in Vietnam and other countries foreconomic growth and overcoming pandemic-challenges.
Head of the union of Vietnamese business associations in EuropeHoang Manh Hue briefed the meeting on the union’s advantages in bringingVietnamese goods to markets abroad, and affirmed the unionstands ready to cooperate with Vietnamese enterprises at home to export their tothe European market.
At the meeting, leaders of Vietnamese business associationsin Europe said Vietnamese goods in the continent are facing fierce competition and they need prompt measures to win it, and pledged their collaboration with their peers at home to step up export./.
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Vietnamese lychees on sale in France (Photo: VNA) 
