On October 7, the Vietnamese Embassy in India in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indian Importers (IICCI) organized an online trade conference “Fruits and Food: Trade Opportunities new for Vietnam and India ”.
The conference attracted the participation of more than 100 import-export enterprises and industry associations, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of the two countries.
Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau shared at the online seminar
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau introduced the business cooperation potential of some typical Vietnamese agricultural products such as coffee, tea, cocoa, cashew nuts, confectionery. and especially seasoning products such as cinnamon, anise, cardamom, cloves have many export opportunities to India. However, the Ambassador suggested that the Indian side create favorable conditions, remove tax and non-tax barriers, and simplify administrative procedures for the two countries to have more access to each other’s markets. Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau urged India to open the market for a number of Vietnamese fruits such as longan, grapefruit, durian and rambutan.
Ms. Shubhra – Advisor to the Chief Commercial Officer of the Indian Agriculture Ministry
For her part, Ms. Shubhra – Advisor to the Head of Trade at the Indian Ministry of Agriculture said: “India and Vietnam have great potential to promote strong and effective cooperation in the fruit export sector. “. Ms. Shubhra affirmed that India has emerged as one of the major trading partners in the world for fruits and agricultural products in recent years. Through research, she found that India can completely supply Vietnam with many fruits and agricultural products that Vietnam is importing in the world such as pomegranate, grapes, wheat, cotton, which are products that India Strengths. In the opposite direction, she also highly appreciated the fruits and agricultural products of Vietnam such as dragon fruit, coffee, cocoa, cashew nuts … Vietnam and India are all countries with great potential in the agricultural sector. industry and the two countries have plenty of space to promote stronger and more effective cooperation in this area.
According to Ms. Shubhra, there are currently about 255 investment projects from India in Vietnam, including many investment projects in factories to process food and agricultural products such as tea, coffee, rice oil, processing … That speaks volumes about the potential Indian investors see in this Southeast Asian country. Vietnam is striving to become an agricultural processing center by 2030. That goal can help the two countries strengthen stronger and more meaningful cooperation.
In addition, Mr. Atul Kumar Saxena, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Indian Importers with more than 30 years of doing business with Vietnam market, has shared many useful experiences.
Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam, Mr. Ta Quang Kien – Head of Agricultural Trade Policy Department shared about Vietnam’s export and import turnover of agricultural products in recent years and agricultural cooperation between Vietnam – India.
Ms. Le Hang – Representative of Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said that Covid-19 epidemic had a great impact on the supply and export market of aquatic products. India is the source of input materials for the Vietnamese market in the necessary times.
