Vietnamese businesses in UK boost cooperation with companies at home
The Vietnam Business Association in the UK (VBUK) will host and attend trade activities and fairs to promote tourism, cuisine and goods of Vietnam, and create more opportunities for businesses in the UK and the homeland to enhance business cooperation, its President Phuong Hoang has said.
Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) – The Vietnam Business Association in the UK (VBUK) will host and attend trade activities andfairs to promote tourism, cuisine and goods of Vietnam, and create more opportunitiesfor businesses in the UK and the homeland to enhance business cooperation, its President Phuong Hoang has said.
Speaking at a Gala Dinner held in London on January 29 to review VBUK’s operation in 2022 and sketch out development orientationsin 2023, Phuong said the association organised many activities, includingonline workshops with Vietnamese economic experts and entrepreneurs in the UK toshare business knowledge and experience for the Vietnamese business communityin the country.
The VBUK has also supported business cooperation between its member enterprises andbusinesses at home, he added.
Addressing the event, Ambassador Nguyen HoangLong spoke highly of the role of the VBUK in connect Vietnamese firms in the UK andthe homeland.
At the WorldEconomic Forum (WEF) in Davos earlier this month, Vietnam was seen as one of the three VIP markets (Vietnam, Indonesia,the Philippines) in the world, he said, adding that it is the secondlargest trade partner of the UK, so there is a large room and opportunities forthe Vietnamese business community in the European nation.
The Vietnam Trade Office in the UK and the VBUK need to support member businessesto strengthen connection with enterprises in the homeland, and serve as bridgesto bring Vietnamese goods to the UK market, the diplomat said.
At the event, Trade Counselor NguyenCanh Cuong updated on the Vietnam – UK trade cooperation, and introduced 10key exports of Vietnam forVietnamese businesses in the UK to refer to, thus seeking businessopportunities.
🐓 Established in 2006 as a non-profit organisation, the VBUK works to support businessactivities of Vietnamese businesses in the UK, and connect them with domesticbusinesses at the homeland which have demand to enhance import - exportactivities and raise capital from the UK market./.
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Ambassador Nguyen Hoang Long speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
