MoIT leads trade mission to China
(VOV) -The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is laser focused on expanding rice and agricultural exports to China and has appointed Deputy Minister Tran Tuan Anh to head up a delegation of trade representatives to support the effort.
In connection therewith, Deputy Minister Anh was the key note speaker at a recent forum held in China’s Guangdong province that gathered more than 100 leading Chinese business leaders to discuss trade related issues.
At the event, Anh dilated on how Chinese and Vietnamese business could benefit from expanded trade in agriculture, saying he highly appreciated the important role that Guangdong plays in the trade relations between the two nations.
For his part, the President of the Guangdong Food Association stressed the importance of Vietnam’s agricultural products, especially rice to China and expressed willingness to build strong mechanisms to enhance trade.
At the forum the two sides signed a number of contracts to import rice.
In 2014, China was the largest export market for the nation’s rice at 2.09 million tons valued at US$891.19 million.