Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Giang Thanh Khoa said that in recent times, rural industry has played a very important role in providing essential consumer products, creating jobs and improving people's lives.
This exhibition of typical rural industrial products is an opportunity to display and introduce the potential for developing typical rural industrial products, creating opportunities for enterprises and typical rural industrial establishments to meet, exchange, learn from experiences, promote products, seek partners, develop markets for goods consumption, transfer technology, contribute to improving competitiveness in the process of integration and economic development in the region as well as the whole country...
Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Giang Thanh Khoa delivered the opening speech.
The products displayed at the fair are unique and typical rural industrial products of enterprises and rural industrial establishments in the fields of handicrafts; agricultural, forestry, aquatic and food processing; mechanical spare parts, machinery, equipment, etc. with 189 typical rural industrial products at the regional level (including 19 products from Kien Giang).
Through the fair, it shows that the effectiveness of industrial promotion work in the Southern region is increasingly being paid attention to, improving the effectiveness in supporting the development of industry and handicrafts, and hopefully meeting the interests and expectations of businesses, consumers and people visiting and shopping at the fair.
The fair is also an opportunity to introduce the image of the homeland, people, potential, strengths and products of Kien Giang province; seek partners, expand product consumption markets, promote investment, trade and tourism in the province.
Welcome performance at the opening ceremony.
Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang said that in 2024, nationwide, 889 typical rural industrial products at the provincial level registered to participate in regional voting; of which, 439 products were recognized, reaching 49% of the total number of registered products.
In the Southern region alone, 382 products were registered for voting from 18/20 provinces and cities, of which 189 products were recognized, reaching 49.5% of the total number of registrations. Thus, the typical recognized rural industrial products of the Southern region account for 43% of the total number of recognized products nationwide in 2024.
This is the highest number of products voted for at the regional level ever. Localities have registered to participate with their best products, with strong identities and much improved scale and quality compared to before.
This year in particular, many new products originating from start-up movements are proof of the companionship and effectiveness of the industrial promotion program, which has contributed to encouraging rural industrial establishments to have more motivation, boldly invest in new technology, produce products of superior quality, and meet consumer tastes...
Provincial Party Committee member, Vice Chairman of Kien Giang Provincial People's Committee Giang Thanh Khoa (seventh, from right) and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang (ninth, from right) awarded trophies and certificates to typical rural industrial products in the Southern region in 2024.
At the opening ceremony, the Department of Industry and Trade of the Ministry of Industry and Trade awarded trophies and certificates to 189 typical rural industrial products and sets in the Southern region in 2024.
Kien Giang province has 19 products and product sets recognized as typical rural industrial products in the Southern region. Of these, 10 products and product sets are Phu Quoc traditional fish sauce; the remaining 9 products and product sets are products such as sedge, three-leaf boat, bark, candied pepper, dried shrimp, etc.
The 2024 Southern Rural Industrial Fair will be held with 350 booths. Of which, 250 booths will be for rural industrial establishments; 100 socialized booths will be for production, trade and service establishments. The fair will have an area to display typical regional rural industrial products.
The main activities taking place in the fair include organizing activities to introduce and promote products, consumer goods, tourism, agriculture, industry and handicrafts inside and outside Kien Giang province; exhibition of socio-economic development achievements and display of products of provinces and cities in the southern region; cultural and artistic exchange activities, etc.
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