Nearly 100 businesses attend Food Industry Product Exhibition Week 2023

On display at the six-day event are a wide range of consumer goods, dry goods and seafood products, confectioneries, beverages, and clean agricultural products.

Upon addressing the event, Tran Phu Lu, director of Investment & Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC), emphasised that food represents one of the four key industries prioritised for development in the southern city, accounting for 14% to 15% of the entire industry's production value.

In fact, food firms have gradually improved product quality by applying new technologies to production activities whilst making use of green, organic, and environmentally friendly ingredients, thereby meeting the high-quality standards set by demanding markets such as the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Especially, local businesses have made continuous efforts in order to achieve Halal certification, thereby bringing Vietnamese goods into the markets of Muslim countries.

Ly Kim Chi, chairwoman of the City Food Association of Ho Chi Minh, pointed that the event has served as an effective communication channel to help businesses introduce their products, build brands, and seek new partners.

During the event, there are a number of seminars, networking sessions, and trade exchanges with foreign partners in a bid to support local firms in developing their key products, building product brands, and getting further involved in the global supply chain.