DNO - On the morning of June 28, in Da Nang, the Trade Promotion Agency (Ministry of Industry and Trade) coordinated with the city's Department of Industry and Trade to organize a conference on trade promotion and import-export development in the Central region. This activity is within the framework of the program "Connecting trade between suppliers in the Central - Central Highlands region with export enterprises and trade promotion organizations" taking place from June 27 to 30.
Attending the conference were Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang and representatives of foreign consular agencies in Da Nang. On the local side, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Quang Nam attended.
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| Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang speaks at the conference. Photo: VAN HOANG |
Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister Phan Thi Thang assessed that the Central region (North Central and Central Coast) is an important strategic area of the country. In recent times, the region has had strong economic growth and restructuring. Regarding import and export, in 2023, the import and export turnover of the whole region reached more than 46.7 billion USD, down more than 2.4 billion USD compared to 2022 due to the general impact of the difficult global foreign trade context. Of which, the region's export turnover in 2023 reached over 22 billion USD, equivalent to the value in 2022; import turnover reached nearly 24.7 billion USD, down more than 2 billion USD compared to 2022.
According to Decision No. 376/QD-TTg dated May 4, 2024 of the Prime Minister approving the Planning of the North Central and Central Coast regions for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, the North Central and Central Coast regions will be regions with rapid and sustainable development, leading the country in marine economy; the infrastructure system will develop synchronously, modernly, greenly, and intelligently; the urban system will be linked into a synchronous network, with typical architecture, rich in identity, green, civilized, modern, intelligent, resilient and adaptable to climate change.
To create a new, breakthrough change in promoting the important position and role and exploiting more effectively the development potential and advantages of the North Central and Central Coastal regions, it is necessary to have solutions to promote science, technology, chain linkage in production to increase product value, regional linkage in trade promotion activities and import and export on a professional scale to maximize resources and effectively implement breakthrough action programs.
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| Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Quang Nam spoke at the conference on Trade Promotion and Import-Export Development in the Central Region on the morning of June 28. Photo: VAN HOANG |
At the conference, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Le Quang Nam said that Da Nang holds an important position in politics, economy, culture, society, national security and defense of the Central - Central Highlands region and the Central dynamic economic region in particular; at the same time, it is an important gateway to the sea of the Central Highlands and some countries to the Northeast Asian regions through the East - West Economic Corridor.
Regarding import and export activities, Da Nang has export markets in more than 120 countries and territories; there are over 500 enterprises participating in export, of which more than 100 enterprises have regular import and export activities with key products.
In the face of many economic difficulties and the lack of strong recovery of market demand, Vietnamese enterprises in general and import-export enterprises in particular are still facing many difficulties in production and business, finding partners and orders. Therefore, organizing trade connection activities between suppliers in the Central Highlands and export enterprises and trade promotion organizations in Da Nang is a very meaningful and practical activity.
The city leaders believe that the conference, along with a series of trade connection activities held in Da Nang, will actively support businesses in the Central Highlands region in general and Da Nang city businesses in particular to find opportunities for cooperation and promote the export of their products through foreign distribution systems, further promoting import and export activities.
At the conference, delegates focused on discussing and sharing feasible initiatives that can be quickly and effectively applied to trade promotion and import-export development in the region, supporting the region's products and services to find suitable market directions such as: exchanging contents on developing marine economy, modernizing logistics activities, supporting the development of goods exports; promoting green economy, e-commerce; promoting trade through international distribution systems, etc.
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| The organizers also arranged an exhibition area to introduce typical products of 16 localities in the Central Highlands and some localities with more than 200 suppliers, units, cooperatives, and participating enterprises on the east bank of Dragon Bridge. Photo: VAN HOANG |
On the same afternoon, local businesses in the Central region will have direct trading activities with export enterprises and trade promotion organizations, major distributors such as: Central Retail, Lotte, WinCommerce, AEON, SaiGon CO.OP, Bach Hoa Xanh, Ecofarm Pay...
Within the framework of the program, the Organizing Committee also arranged an exhibition area to introduce typical products of 16 localities in the Central Highlands and some provinces in the North and South with the participation of more than 200 suppliers, cooperatives, and enterprises including: Binh Dinh, Da Nang, Dong Nai, Gia Lai, Ha Tinh, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum... at the East bank of Dragon Bridge from June 27 to 30.
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