Aeon – Japan's largest retail group – plans to increase the number of hypermarkets, also known as "Super Supermarket (SSM)" and general merchandise stores (GMS) in Vietnam from 12 as of February 2025 to about 100 stores by 2030. Another large Japanese group, Sumitomo, also aims o open supermarkets in Vietnam, with about 10 stores per year.
More than 30 Vietnamese enterprises have their agricultural products and processed food introduced at World Food India (WFI) 2023 that opened in New Delhi, India, on November 3.
A business matching event was held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 15 to help Vietnamese enterprises seek partners and opportunities for export to Japan.
A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland paid a working trip to Vevey town on July 30 to seek ways to promote trade, especially in agricultural products and processed food, between the two countries’ localities.
Thailand is eyeing economic opportunities at the 17th Meeting of the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementing Committee (AKFTA-IC) in Seoul from February 12-14.
With its annual stable growth rate of about 10 percent, the country’s young population with increasing income and a trend to consume ready-to-eat food, especially organic, the food processing industry offers many opportunities for investors.
Vietnamese businesses are introducing their beverages and farm produce to Indian consumers at 13th Annapoorna World of Food India underway in Mumbai city in India’s western state of Maharashtra.
More than 140 businesses are taking part in the Vietnam-Laos trade fair in Vientiane from June 28 to July 2 to promote the bilateral friendship, cooperation and development.
Vietnam will display various kinds of products such as farm produce, processed food, consumer products and trade services in 60 pavilions at the China International Import Exposition (CIIE) 2018 which is scheduled to take place in Shanghai city from November 5-10.
Most of Vietnamese people have been eating too much salt, nearly double the World Health Organisation (WHO)-recommend level of 5g per day, heard a workshop in Hanoi on March 27.
Food quarantine certificates, fees and online filing for animal-derived food imports were discussed during a business meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on March 23.
