Post-typhoon Yagi trade networking event starts in Hai Duong
The Hai Duong Handicrafts Association and Nam Vu Clean Agricultural Cooperative have organized a trade event in Thanh Ha district to help local businesses expand markets and find partners after Typhoon Yagi.
The Hai Duong provincial Association of Handicrafts and Jewellery, in collaboration with the Nam Vu Clean Agricultural Cooperative, has hosted a trade connectivity event in Lien Mac commune, Thanh Ha district.
The event aimed to support local businesses, cooperatives and producers in Hai Duong province in finding new partners and expanding their product markets after Typhoon Yagi.
This marked the first time the provincial handicrafts and jewellery association has organised such a trade promotion event in Thanh Ha district.
The event drew participation from representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, and nearly 600 businesses and cooperatives from across the northern region, including from Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Thai Binh, Hung Yen and Bac Ninh.
The event featured over 120 booths showcasing a wide range of products such as dried lychee, dried bananas, herbal shampoos, agarwood and honey. Sixty of these booths displayed local Hai Duong products, with 20 per cent of the items certified as 3-star OCOP (One Commune One Product) quality.
At the event, buyers and exporters shared their expertise in sourcing and exporting agricultural products, as well as strategies for promoting trade in domestic and international markets.
Vice Chairman of the provincial Association of Handicrafts and Jewellery Ngo Ba Duc emphasised that the event provided an essential platform for businesses to exchange experiences, gain market insights, and expand their product reach nationwide and globally.
Hai Duong province plans to strengthen trade promotion activities, especially for high-value agricultural exports such as lychee, nep cai hoa vang sticky rice, carrots and shallots.
The province has also focused on leveraging digital platforms like YouTube and TikTok, along with social media to boost the visibility of local products. These efforts are part of a broader strategy to enhance trade connections, improve the local economy, and raise residents’ living standards.
TB (according to VNS)