Long An participates in Conference on Supply and Demand Connection between Ho Chi Minh City and provinces and cities in 2024

Delegates attending the opening ceremony of the fair within the framework of the conference

The conference had the attendance of Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade - Truong Thanh Hoai; Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee - Vo Van Hoan; leaders of several provinces and cities; departments, representatives of cooperatives and enterprises from more than 45 provinces and cities across the country.

Attending the event, on the side of Long An province, there were Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam; Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade - Tran Thanh Toan.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee - Nguyen Minh Lam visits Long An's booths

The Conference on Supply - Demand Connection between Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities is an annual activity organized by Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee since 2012 with the goal of promoting important trade cooperation in the overall socio-economic development cooperation between Ho Chi Minh City and other localities.

Through this cooperation, a sustainable supply chain will be built, linking production and consumption of goods from raw material areas to the market, especially OCOP products.

According to the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, with the theme "Connecting responsibilities - Towards a green supply chain", this will be the largest ever, with the participation of more than 2,000 enterprises from more than 45 provinces and cities across the country with about 700 booths.

Long An province has up to 48 booths with products of 37 enterprises and cooperatives participating directly

At this event, Long An province has up to 48 booths with products of 37 enterprises and cooperatives participating directly with a variety of products (OCOP products, typical rural industrial products, agricultural products, processed products, etc.)

Delegates visit Long An's booths

The Organizing Committee assessed that Long An is the locality that participates in displaying products on the largest scale among the provinces and cities participating in the event. Accordingly, the province's general exhibition area recreates the image of thatched houses, boats carrying the province's main agricultural products, the image of dragons and performances of traditional musical instruments, etc, attracting customers to visit, experience and learn about the province's typical products.

The general exhibition area of ​​Long An province recreates the image of thatched houses, boats carrying the province's main agricultural products, the image of dragons and performances of traditional musical instruments

Within the framework of the event, the Organizing Committee held a conference to review the 6-month implementation of the Goods Quality Control Cooperation Program. This is a new content, launched by the leaders of the City Party Committee, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City since March 2024.

The program aims to orient the production of safe and sustainable food through market signals (represented by retail systems) with voluntary, self-conscious participation, proactively enhancing the responsibility of entities in the supply chain, thereby meeting domestic consumption requirements, aiming to export to demanding markets.

In addition, the event also has a Quality Control Cooperation Program towards the Sustainable - Safe - Responsible - Transparent supply chain, contributing to innovating the implementation method of the Campaign "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods" from mobilizing to conquering consumers.

The event also includes a direct B2B connection between 13 leading retail groups in Vietnam

In particular, the event also includes a direct B2B connection between 13 leading retail groups in Vietnam, 4 e-commerce platforms, wholesale markets with the manufacturing business community from provinces and cities across the country with 1 centralized connection session on September 26 and 6 specialized connection sessions on September 27, 2024.

Along with meeting stage between the parties, the Department of Industry and Trade of the provinces and cities also focuses on "post-connection" solutions.

Accordingly, businesses with products selected by the distribution system will be supported to complete products, complete supply records, resolve difficulties in debt, delivery methods, payment, inventory, etc in the initial stage.

This year's conference continues to set the top requirement of creating favorable conditions for buyers and sellers to meet and connect directly and online; sharing market information, market signals, market development experience, standards for bringing products into modern distribution channels, methods of participating in e-commerce platforms, traditional distribution channels, etc.; thereby contributing to reducing intermediary costs in the circulation of goods, saving costs for distribution enterprises in finding suppliers, saving costs for bringing goods into distribution channels of supply enterprises./.

By staffs - Translated by Q. Thien

Source: https://baolongan.vn/long-an-tham-gia-hoi-nghi-ket-noi-cung-cau-giua-tphcm-va-cac-tinh-thanh-nam-2024-a183148.html