Receiving the provincial delegation were Ambassador Phan Dang Duong, First Secretary Trinh Hai Yen, First Secretary Le Viet Ha, Second Secretary Dao Tuan Viet. Trade counselor Nguyen Thi Hoang Thuy shared some information to help Thai Binh enterprises better understand consumer tastes, import capacity, and access to the Swedish market. Ms. Thuy said that Vietnam's exports to Sweden are now more than those of Thailand and Cambodia. The Swedish market has a great demand for items such as textiles, footwear, food, but they are very strict about environmental control factors that businesses wishing to export must pay attention to meet. The Embassy took the delegation to visit a number of Swedish businesses that have not yet imported Vietnamese goods to create opportunities for both sides to seek opportunities for import-export cooperation.
Ambassador Phan Dang Duong highly appreciated the dynamism and determination to integrate Thai Binh as well as the province's businesses, and said that the Embassy is promoting the implementation of the proposal to open a direct route between Vietnam and Sweden. to open up opportunities for goods to enter Sweden and Northern Europe more smoothly in the near future. Sweden is not only a potential market for Vietnamese enterprises to export goods, but also a country with modern science and technology, machinery and equipment for Vietnamese enterprises to cooperate, apply or attract. invest locally.
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Quang Hung, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, thanked the Vietnamese Embassy in Sweden for welcoming and supporting the delegation in implementing activities. trade promotion, investment promotion. He said that despite the complicated developments of the Covid-19 epidemic, Thai Binh has controlled and well controlled to protect the health and life of people and create a favorable environment for production and business enterprises. The province's export market is quite diverse but the value is not great; goods entering the EU are mainly handicrafts, the desire of the business is to bring their goods to penetrate deeply into the Nordic market. Thai Binh is facing great development opportunities with Thai Binh Economic Zone planning a large land fund for the development of industrial, urban and service zones; Besides, many important traffic projects are being invested to shorten the travel time from Thai Binh to the northern provinces, including Cat Bi airport, Lach Huyen seaport, Hai Phong city. With that potential and aspiration to develop the province, Thai Binh is currently focusing on calling for investment attraction, and very much wants big investors from Europe and Sweden to invest in the province.
The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee wished that the Vietnamese Embassy in Sweden and the Ministry of Industry and Trade would pay attention and support the province to connect, promote and attract large Swedish investors to invest in the province. Peaceful.
Next, the delegation of the province and provincial businesses had a meeting with the Vietnam Business Association in Sweden and visited the warehouse of East Asian Food AB - a large enterprise in the field of import and distribution of goods. Asian Culture in Stockholm. The Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee wished that the Association members consult, connect, cooperate and support Thai Binh's businesses to soon bring their products to the Swedish market as well as the Nordic countries. For provincial enterprises, he hoped that through this trip, he would learn methods, skills and experience in business management, market development, and grasp the standards and regulations of goods that Sweden has set up. European regulations, from which there is innovation from corporate governance to production and business activities to increase revenue and successful integration.
Source: Khac Duan - Thai Binh Newspaper
