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Hanoi (VNA) – Because the demand for Vietnamese agricultural merchandise and processed meals is rising, Japan’s retailer AEON TopValu will search suppliers for its grocery store chain Aeon on the Vietnam Worldwide Sourcing 2024, which is slated for June 6-8 in Ho Chi Minh Metropolis.

In a working session with the Ministry of Business and Commerce’s European – American Market Division, Normal Director of Aeon TopValu Vietnam Shiotani Yuichiro mentioned that he has a fantastic expectation when becoming a member of the sourcing truthful.

There’s a nice demand for Vietnamese agricultural merchandise and processed merchandise within the markets the place Aeon is current, he mentioned, including by final 12 months’s occasion, Aeon TopValu discovered suppliers for its grocery store chain in China, Thailand, and Malaysia.

Together with persuading its purchasers from China, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to have interaction within the occasion, Aeon TopValu will proceed becoming a member of palms with the MoIT to organise the Vietnamese Merchandise Week in Japan in 2024, offering extra probabilities for Vietnamese items to interrupt into Japan – the No.1 fastidious market in Asia, he mentioned.

The purchasers wish to search Vietnamese producers who’re capable of meet Aeon’s standards and requirements to turn out to be the retailer’s sustainable suppliers not just for its supermarkets in Vietnam but in addition its system throughout the globe, in response to the Aeon consultant.

By 2030, AEON plans to personal 30 buying malls, shops, and supermarkets, with the bulk situated in large cities akin to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Hue, Da Nang, Hai Phong, and different provinces nationwide.

The occasion goals to advertise direct linkages between Vietnamese manufacturing and exporting enterprises with international retail distribution networks and importers. It features a collection of workshops, seminars, enterprise matching actions, and an exhibition known as “Vietnam Worldwide Sourcing Expo”.

That is annual premier sourcing truthful in Vietnam, bringing collectively the main producers and exporters within the nation. Particulars on the occasion and actions to be held on its framework can be found at vietnamsourcingexpo.vn./.

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