A high-quality Vietnamese goods fair will take place from November 11 toDecember 12 at the Hanoi-Moscow Centre for Culture, Trade and Hotelsin Moscow.

According to organisers at the newsconference on July 14, the fair will bring together Vietnamesecompanies, Vietnamese enterprises operating in Russia, Russiancompanies, companies in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) that tradeVietnamese goods, travel agencies, banks and food companies.

The fair, whose exhibition space spreads across 15,000 square metres,will provide an opportunity for Vietnamese companies to introduce theirproducts, promote their brands, approach partners, boost trade, expandmarkets and develop a network of local outlets and distributors.

The fair is a one of series of events to welcome the free tradeagreement between Vietnam and the EAEU and helps prepare Vietnamesecompanies to obtain shares in the Russian market once the agreementtakes effect.

Ta Hoang Linh, Deputy Director ofthe trade promotion agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade,said that Russia is a potential market for Vietnam with a total tradevolume of 3.5 billion USD.

The two governments hope to bring the figure to 10 billion USD by 2020, Linh said.-VNA