On the afternoon of November 5, news from the Can Tho Investment - Trade Promotion Center and Exhibition Fair, the 2024 Vietnam International Agricultural Fair attracted about 400 booths with more than 100 units from 20 provinces and cities of Vietnam, along with 4 countries including Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan.
In particular, there are large-scale enterprises in the fields of high-tech agricultural machinery and equipment, fertilizers, pesticides, and products serving the agricultural sector participating in the exhibition and connecting trade at the event.
Over 5 days of organization (from November 1 to 5), the Fair attracted more than 50,000 visitors and transactions, with sales of about 50 billion VND.
Within the framework of the Fair, nearly 50 contracts were signed on machinery, equipment and agricultural production lines; 30 contracts on agricultural materials, pesticides, fertilizers, processed agricultural products, consumer goods and retail... contributing to promoting business, connecting trade, and motivating organizations and individuals to be excited and continue to coordinate to participate in the following events.
Here, a number of corporations, companies, and businesses have launched e-commerce platforms, with the goal of creating a specialized e-commerce platform for Vietnamese agricultural products. Thereby, agricultural products go directly from farmers to consumers, bypassing many intermediaries to save costs. The company also supports farmers in tracing the origin to ensure quality, so consumers can shop and use with peace of mind.
According to Mr. Nguyen Thuc Hien - Vice Chairman of Can Tho City People's Committee, through many times of organization, the Agricultural Fair has contributed to promoting trade promotion activities, strengthening trade connections, cooperation in developing high-tech agriculture, creating conditions for businesses to promote their brands, expand markets, honor the value of agricultural, forestry and aquatic products and introduce scientific advances and new achievements in agricultural production.
According to Mr. Hien, this is also an opportunity to introduce the potential and strengths in general and the agricultural sector in particular of the provinces and cities of the Mekong Delta to associations, businesses, and domestic and foreign investors.
