Attending were Ms. Do Thi Minh Tram - Deputy Director of the Agency for Regional Industry and Trade, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Mr. Nguyen Nhu Hieu - Deputy Director in charge of Foreign Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Vo Van Minh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Binh Duong Provincial People's Committee (PPC); Mr. Mai Hung Dung - Member of Provincial Standing Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of PPC; Ms. Nguyen Truong Nhat Phuong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Becamex IDC Corp; leaders of Daejeon City (Korea) and representatives of departments, committees, branches, People's Committees of districts, towns and cities; associations and enterprises.
Delegates attend the opening ceremony
At the program, more than 100 booths displayed and introduced agricultural products, processed foods, handicraft products (lacquer, ceramics, bamboo and rattan), OCOP standard products, typical rural industrial products, technology - service - tourism, cosmetics - fashion, children's products, etc. to distributors and consumers.
Delegates perform the ceremony of pressing the button to open the Expo
Besides, "Binh Duong Tea and Coffee Exhibition 2022" is a place for enterprises in the tea and coffee industry to display, introduce and promote machines, equipment, raw materials in the manufacturing and processing industry. This is also the convergence of 50 leading enterprises in the food and beverage manufacturing and processing industry; machinery and equipment for hospitality management.
Permanent Vice Chairman of the PPC Mai Hung Dung delivers the opening speech
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Mai Hung Dung said, the Goods supply-demand connection program is considered an important annual trade promotion activity of Binh Duong province with an increasing scale over the years. Specifically, in 2018 there were 70 enterprises with 80 booths; in 2021 there were 113 enterprises with 115 booths; in 2022, there are 120 enterprises with 160 booths participating with a modern organization form and the motto "Constantly innovating, constantly developing towards professionalism and modernity". The program has become an effective trading channel for agricultural products, processed foods, handicrafts, typical rural industrial products, OCOP products in Binh Duong province, helping associations, enterprises, farms, cooperatives, production facilities of Binh Duong and the whole country have more channels to meet, establish and exploit domestic and international trade relationships, expand and improve business performance now and in the future. Thereby contributing to affirming that Binh Duong is not only a leading province and city in industry and commerce, but also has an abundant and rich source of consumer goods, produced according to a closed process, using local raw materials to create complete, standard and quality products, ensuring safety for the health of domestic consumers and are gradually reaching out to the world market.
Mr. Vo Van Minh (left cover) - Chairman of the PPC and Mr. Nguyen Van Hung (right cover) - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Becamex IDC Corp present flowers to sponsors
Permanent Vice Chairman of the PPC affirmed, with all determination and efforts, Binh Duong province's leaders will always pay attention and create all favorable conditions for BINH DUONG EXPO to become an annual event series, a reliable and attractive destination for enterprises inside and outside the province as well as enterprises from many countries and territories around the world in all fields to come to exchange and connect to support production and export promotion. From that, encouraging enterprises and entrepreneurs to continue to work creatively, create reputable and quality products and services in the market, contribute to building a stronger enterprise community and contribute actively in the socio-economic development of Binh Duong province in particular and Vietnam in general in the coming years.
The program will take place from 10 to 14 November 2022.
After the opening ceremony, the delegates visited the booths displayed at the exhibition.
Delegates visit the exhibition booths
Coffee booth displayed at the exhibition
People learn about products at the tea display booth
Within the framework of the Program,
there are also meetings with suppliers, seminars such as "Connecting
supply - demand from tradition to modernity", “Opportunities to supply
products to international markets”, “Marketing 4.0: Traditional to Digital”,
etc. to support, guide and introduce small and medium-sized enterprises,
business households and goods suppliers participating in trading on e-commerce
platforms.
Besides, many unique and interesting
cultural activities are organized such as: Experiencing the quintessence of
Vietnamese - Korean - Japanese culinary culture, experiencing and taking
pictures of traditional Hanbok, K-Pop exchange space, experience space for
pottery making, experience space for kimchi making, decorating cakes, trying Binh
Duong's specialties for free and experience booths displaying and introducing
tourism and cultural products at home and abroad, etc.
Reported by Phuong Chi- Yen Nhi- Translated by Thanh Tam