On the morning of December 9, 2020, in Ho Chi Minh City, there was a live and online opening ceremony of the Vietnam International Food Industry Exhibition 2020 (Vietnam Foodexpo 2020) and Vietnam International Food Industry Conference. (Vietnam Food Forum 2020). The Exhibition and Conference is part of the National Trade Promotion Program 2020, chaired by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, directly implemented by the Trade Promotion Agency to support businesses to maintain cooperation. trading and expanding markets in the food sector.
Speaking at the opening of the exhibition, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said that in 2020, before the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic, Vietnam Foodexpo was converted to an online form for the first time, taking place from December 9-12, 2020 at the address e.foodexpo.vn, with nearly 300 booths of domestic and foreign businesses. Through the online platform of Vietnam Foodexpo Exhibition, businesses can display products, display information, images of businesses, products, and production processes on online booths and widely access. and easily, directly interacting with domestic and international buyers in the food sector from around the world.
Enterprises participating in Vietnam Foodexpo 2020 online from 27 provinces and cities nationwide: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, Binh Duong, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan, Can Poetry, Dak Nong, Dak Lak, Dong Nai, Dong Thap, Gia Lai, Ha Giang, Ha Nam, Hung Yen, Kien Giang, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Quang Ngai, Long An, Lam Dong, Soc Trang, Thanh Hoa, Tien Giang… display and introduce a variety of products in the fields of: Vegetables; Beverages, tea and coffee; Food ingredients; Processed food; Food processing technology equipment.
In addition, the exhibition also received registration to visit and trade many importers from many countries and territories around the world: Korea, Japan, EU, Poland, Canada, and the United States. State of Russia, India, the United States … Exhibitors and buyers will conduct thousands of transactions through the online platform of Vietnam Foodexpo.
According to experts, the exhibition is a large-scale online forum, gathering unlimited businesses in the food industry in Vietnam, allowing businesses to access and connect to trade. with a large number of businesses buying domestically and internationally; At the same time, it is an effective solution to overcome difficulties in trade promotion when the translation of Covid-19 is still complicated in the world.
Deputy Minister Do Thang Hai said that over the past time, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has been working closely with ministries, agencies, localities and relevant agencies to accompany the business community in the agricultural and public sector. The food industry aims to remove difficulties, promote and expand domestic and foreign markets in the context of a complicated and unpredictable Covid-19 epidemic on a global scale. In particular, hosting a series of online trade promotion activities, connecting markets through digital platforms, on the internet environment is one of the important and effective solutions to help Vietnamese businesses. South maintains business cooperation, promotes trade and expands export markets.
At the exhibition, businesses not only display and seek partners for thousands of types of agricultural products and foodstuffs with a variety of best agricultural and food processing machines and technologies, but also for the world. New, organic products and new projects are underway. Participating in the exhibition, enterprises will grasp the overview of supply and demand market developments, the development of competitors, and easily see the new movement trend of the agricultural product market. domestic and international products.
For the first time taking place in the online form, Vietnam Foodexpo continues to be the event that strongly brings together Vietnamese and foreign suppliers, exhibitors and buyers in the food industry. The exhibition also brings total solutions to the food industry in Vietnam in updating new consumption trends, new solutions for product development, and lessons learned from successful openness. market breadth, strategic linkages between industry leaders in food product supply chains …
Taking place right after the opening ceremony of the International Online Exhibition of Vietnam Food Industry 2020 and is an important activity in parallel with the exhibition, The Vietnam Food Forum (Vietnam Food Forum 2020) with the theme “Future of the food industry – Challenges and opportunities” will create a forum for dialogue between policy makers and support organizations. and Vietnamese food enterprises, global economic groups and experts in the food sector of Vietnam and the world. At the conference, experts shared information on issues of concern to the business community in the current context such as: Trends in the domestic and international food industry; Brand thinking in a downturn; Innovating trade promotion activities to support businesses in the new stage; Take advantage of free trade agreement, promote export of agricultural products and foodstuffs; Exchange of agricultural products and foods …
Vietnam Foodexpo online exhibition and Vietnam Food Forum 2020 Conference will be an effective trade promotion solution to timely support and continue to accompany the business community in the agricultural and food industry in this difficult period. , providing practical opportunities for businesses and visitors to access products in line with new trends in the food market at home and abroad, and innovate achievements in preservation science and technology, Food Processing; create a trade promotion environment conducive to direct access and meeting with potential partners to promote brands and expand markets.
In recent years, the food industry and agricultural and aquatic product processing industry in Vietnam has witnessed strong growth. This is also an industry that has been making an important contribution to stabilizing social security and economic growth of the country. This was more evident in the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, although there are barriers in terms of travel and transportation of exported goods to international markets, with the efforts of the Government and the business community, Vietnam’s exports of agricultural and food products are still remarkable growth with the total export value of agriculture, forestry and fishery in the first 3 quarters of 2020 reaching more than 30.05 billion USD, up 1.6% over the same period in 2019.
The international online exhibition of Food Industry – Vietnam Fooexpo 2020 will take place in 4 days from December 9 to 12, 2020 on the online platform at: e.foodexpo.vn./.
According to Vietrade
