The National Trade Promotion Programme 2012 will continue focusing on export to eight key markets, head of the Trade and Industry Ministry’s Trade Promotion Department Do Hai Thang said.
He said trade promotion activities in 2012 will focus on the US, Europe, China, Japan, ASEAN, India, Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia, adding that those markets are expected to help the country to fulfil the target of earning USD108 billion from exports next year.
Thang also affirmed that the success of trade promotion programmes were attributed to contributions from Vietnamese overseas trade offices, which provided pertinent information about foreign markets and business consultancy to Vietnamese enterprises.
In 2011, the national trade promotion programme registered many achievements, with a total contract value of more than USD800 million signed between Vietnamese enterprises and foreign partners.
Noteworthy were the Vietnam-China International Trade Fair 2011, which saw 19 contracts signed with a value of USD201 million, and the China-ASEAN Trade Fair, with USD300 million worth of signed contracts.
