Int’l sourcing expo Vietnam slated for December 18-22 targeting Australia
The Vietnam Trade Office in Australia will hold a virtual international sourcing expo exclusively featuring goods from Vietnam’s central localities from December 18-22 to help the flood-hit localities expand exports and production.
A stall introduces Vietnamese products (Photo: Vietnam Trade Office in Australia)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Trade Office inAustralia will hold a virtual international sourcing expo exclusively featuringgoods from Vietnam’s central localities from December 18-22 to help theflood-hit localities expand exports and production.
The event will be based on iCloud platform using artificialintelligence for long-term marketing.
Exhibitors will be helped with online stall design for free toshowcase products and receive orders, provided with virtual seminar rooms tointroduce local potentials, thereby calling for investment, promoting theirtourism and linking businesses together.
Head of the office Nguyen Phu Hoa said due to the COVID-19pandemic, the international sourcing expo Australia and a fair on textile,apparel, leather and footwear have been delayed till next year. Those twoevents usually attract large numbers of Vietnamese businesses.
To connect the business communities of Vietnam andAustralia, in early June, the office alsodebuted a business-matching mobile app called Viet-Aus Trade tosupport exporters, introduce business opportunities and popularise localpotentials. It has so far attracted a large number of Vietnamese and Australianenterprises./.
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A stall introduces Vietnamese products (Photo: Vietnam Trade Office in Australia) 
