Can Tho promotes trade links with Belgium

(VOV) - Can Tho city is set to boost trade promotion in Belgium by attending Accenta 2014 Fair, in Ghent city, Belgium this September, announced Vice Chairman of Can Tho Municipal People’s Committee, Vo Thanh Thong at a March 25 meeting with local businesses.

The upcoming event will showcase rice, seafood, garments, leather shoes and handicrafts and is an excellent opportunity for the city to expand markets in Belgium and Europe he added.

Can Tho and Belgium have maintained their cooperative relations over the past 30 years based on cooperation between Can Tho University and Ghent University

During this period, Ghent University has helped Can Tho University apply scientific advances in raising the numbers of tiger shrimps, protecting the environment and coping with climate change.

Belgium is Vietnam’s sixth largest European trade partner with two-way trade exchange reaching EUR1.2 billion each year. The country’s Vietnamese imports include leather shoes, hats, garments and textiles, fruit and vegetables. Belgium’s key exports to Vietnam are automobiles, telecommunications, and other services.

In addition, Belgian enterprises in Vietnam have increasingly engaged in new fields such as waste treatment, environmental hygiene, and medical equipment.

Vietnam and Belgium are also working on the space industry with an innovative project to provide a small hi-tech satellite to Vietnam.

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