About 50 Vietnamese companies are taking part in a trade fair in Paris, one of the biggest annual fairs in France, which opened on April 28 with the participation of more than 2,650 companies.

Vietnamese companies and co-operatives display their products in 50 booths covering nearly 1,000sq.m of the fair's 220,000sq.m. The Vietnam Co-operative Alliance has for the first time sent 16 handicraft cooperatives to the fair.

General director of the Centre for Trade and Investment Development of the alliance Le Van Min said that Vietnamese companies are actively seeking opportunities to export Vietnamese traditional fine arts and handicraft articles, including lacquers, ceramics and silk to Europe.