Efforts made to help Vietnamese farm produce approach foreign distribution systems
The Hanoi Centre for Investment, Trade, and Tourism Promotion (HPA) and AEON Vietnam have coordinated to organise two big agricultural trade fairs in December with the aim to help farm produce businesses approach distribution systems abroad.
Agricultural products sold at AEON Mall. (Photo: aeonmall.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Centre for Investment, Trade, and TourismPromotion (HPA) and AEON Vietnam have coordinated to organise two bigagricultural trade fairs in December with the aim to help farm produce businesses approach distribution systems abroad.
Joining the fairs, farmers and businesses havechances to introduce their products to consumers, and at the same time workwith the purchasing unit of Japan’s AEON Group to discuss possibilities forbecoming a supplier of the group.
General Director of AEON Mall Vietnam, Nakagawa Tetsuyuki,said that businesses will be provided with information on how to introducetheir products, and regulations on goods quality standards for suppliers. To date, AEON Group has exported many products,especially Vietnamese fruits, to its retail system in Japan.
HPA Deputy Director Nguyen Thi Mai Anh said that in 2018,Hanoi and AEON Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperationtowards the goal of raising the export turnover of Vietnamese goods throughAEON Malls to 1 billion USD by 2025.
Vietnamese enterprises and production facilities that wantto access the modern distribution system of AEON Group with nearly 16,500centres and stores in such countries as Japan, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam,must make thorough preparations from the very beginning.
HPA and AEON Group have regularly exchanged and carried outtechnical training activities to raise awareness and competitiveness forbusinesses./.
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Agricultural products sold at AEON Mall. (Photo: aeonmall.com.vn) 
