Overseas Vietnamese entrepreneurs aspire to bring Vietnamese goods to Thai market

The first annual conference of the Thai-Vietnamese Business Association (TVBA) has recently been held in Udon Thani province of Thailand with a view towards enhancing trade connection between the two neighbouring countries.

The event brought together overseas Vietnamese businesspeople across Thailand, along with representatives of numerous Vietnamese enterprises.

In his speech at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Pham Viet Hung hailed the significance of the association’s operations, stating that economic collaboration activities among enterprises in the association, as well as with those in Thailand and Vietnam, have contributed to strengthening economic co-operation between the two countries.

Ho Van Lam, chairman of the TVBA, said that the key tasks set by the executive board of the association this year are to continue to intensify exchange activities and trade links between businesses owned by overseas Vietnamese in Thailand and Vietnamese ones.

Le Huu Phuc, Trade Counselor at the Vietnam Embassy in Thailand, applauded the role of overseas Vietnamese (OV) businesses as a "bridge" in bringing Vietnamese products to consumers in the host country.

As part of this occasion, TVBA opened a showroom of Vietnam Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv) at the Vietnam Exhibition and Convention Centre in Udon Thani.

The launch of the showroom in Thailand serves to demonstrate the role and efforts of the TVBA in enhancing trade links with domestic enterprises as part of efforts to bring high-quality Vietnamese products to the Thai market, Lam said.