(VTC News) – The series of events “Viet Nam International Sourcing 2023” will be held in mid-September 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City. HCMC is expected to attract hundreds of businesses from Belgium and the Netherlands.

The Viet Nam International Sourcing 2023 event organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in September 2023 will attract a delegation of about 50 businesses led by the Premier of Flanders and the First Vice President of the Belgian Senate to Vietnam to seek investment opportunities, business.

It is expected that two Belgian regions, Flanders and Walloon, both plan to organize business delegations to visit Vietnam in the last 4 months of 2023.

In addition, a delegation of procurement businesses operating in many fields in the Netherlands will also come to Vietnam to seek partners on this occasion.

It is known that the Flanders business delegation has a diversified commodity structure, operating mainly in the fields from agricultural products, machinery, construction materials to real estate, logistics services, construction works…

It is known that the Flanders business delegation has a diversified commodity structure, operating mainly in the fields from agricultural products, machinery, construction materials to real estate, logistics services, construction works…

Some businesses in the delegation expressed their desire to connect more deeply with Vietnamese businesses through the Viet Nam International Sourcing 2023 event series, with industries such as agricultural and aquatic products, confectionery production, chocolate and chocolate products; fruits, insulating films, outdoor products.

Some businesses in the delegation expressed their desire to connect more deeply with Vietnamese businesses through the Viet Nam International Sourcing 2023 event series, with industries such as agricultural and aquatic products, confectionery production, chocolate and chocolate products; fruits, insulating films, outdoor products.

Last year, Vietnam exported goods worth more than 46 billion USD to the markets of 27 EU countries, up 15% compared to 2021, of which, Belgium is a European country that imports many Vietnamese goods, reaching 4 billion USD, up 10%, only after the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.

From the beginning of 2023, many large enterprises such as John Cockerill, Ipei, Deme … went to Vietnam to survey investment possibilities to implement the results of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to Belgium at the end of 2022.

Meanwhile, the Dutch business delegation is expected to include representatives of a number of corporations, distributors, retailers, trading companies with branches spread across the European region.

The main procurement sector of these enterprises is the import of Asian food goods (dry goods, frozen goods), ceramics, kitchen utensils, dining tables. Also attending the delegation will be businesses from the Dutch seafood association; importer and distributor of exterior furniture as well as enterprises operating in the field of logistics.

In addition, among the delegation, there are also enterprises operating in the field of e-commerce, trading all processed and non-food agricultural products from Vietnam. The e-commerce platform operated by this enterprise so far has more than 20 products from Vietnam meeting EU standards with green and sustainable criteria, operating through the B2B model, trusted and ordered by Dutch supermarkets, shops, eateries, restaurants.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, there will be a series of international business delegations connected and organized by the Vietnam Trade Office system abroad and participate in this year’s Viet Nam International Sourcing event series. This is an unprecedented event when acknowledging the strong participation of more than 60 Vietnam Trade Offices/branches, through event promotion activities in the host country to create spillover to importers, distribution channels, foreign business associations.