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ASEAN Trade Fair 2004 to promote cooperation |
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This year's ASEAN Trade Fair is introducing regional economic
achievements to a global audience while demonstrating the
determination of member countries to strengthen their
cooperation and to establish an integrated economic
environment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan on Tuesday at
the ASEAN Trade Fair 2004.
In his opening speech for one of Viet Nam's largest ever
trade fairs, Khoan said business exchanges and trade fairs
play an important role in establishing an ASEAN Economic
Community.
"Planned for the sidelines of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM
5), the ASEAN Trade Fair 2004 sends a strong message that
Viet Nam wants to strengthen its relationship with the
outside world, with Europe as its foremost partner," said
Khoan.
Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen added that the fair was not
only an important trade promotion event among ASEAN members,
but also a golden opportunity for ASEM business cooperation.
"The fair presents promising opportunities for ASEAN
businesses to reaffirm their prestige and presence in the
regional and international markets by making their own brand
names widely recognised," said Tuyen.
Tuyen believed the fair will create new developments for
cooperation among ASEAN and non-ASEAN businesses.
The trade fair covers an area of 20,000 sq.m and features
ten national representative pavilions from ten members of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In
addition, the fairground includes 600 booths for businesses
from 20 countries, including ASEAN members, the EU, the US,
China, India and Pakistan. Organisers expect to welcome
10,000 business people and more than 100,000 Vietnamese and
foreign visitors.
The fair will focus on what are considered the
highest-potential ASEAN product areas of electronics,
electricity, interior decoration, fashion and agriculture.
The ASEAN Business Forum and ASEAN Night have both been
organised on the sidelines of the fair.
According to Tuyen, regional economic ministers and
international experts in building and advertising trademarks
will attend the ASEAN Business Forum, which will provide
ASEAN economic officials and businesses with opportunities
to exchange their knowledge and experiences, to share views
and to discuss the role of entrepreneurs in regional
cooperation.
Meanwhile, ASEAN countries will also have an opportunity to
exchange ideas with ASEM-5 participants and introduce their
unique cultures on ASEAN Night.
The biennial ASEAN Trade Fairs is a significant trade
promotion activity within the cooperation framework of ASEAN
members. The event is designed to promote commercial
exchange, to enhance multi-sided cooperation and to
introduce the image of an ASEAN group rich in trade, tourism
and investment potential.
The fair, organised by the Ministry of Trade will last until
Oct. 10.
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| Sustainable Development |
Developing ASEM
cooperation is a common desire of Asia-Europe
European Union members and the
European Commission attach importance to the
process of Asia-Europe cooperation, Vietnamese
Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Phan
Thuy Thanh told Vietnam News Agency correspondent
before leaving for the fifth ASEM Summit in Viet
Nam on Oct. 8 & 9. |
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Asem Youth Forum on
Sustainable Development
From 28th June to 2nd July 2004,
the “ASEM Youth Forum on Sustainable Development:
Strengthening Youth Cooperation between Asia and
Europe” was held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The forum
was organized by Viet Nam’s Youth National
Committee and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).
That was the third event organized in Viet Nam
among activities towards ASEM 5 Summit Meeting,
which will be held in Ha Noi in October 2004 and
the first activity co-hosted by ASEF and Viet Nam
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Viet Nam hosts ASEAN
Trade Fair 2004 to promote cooperation
This year's ASEAN Trade Fair is
introducing regional economic achievements to a
global audience while demonstrating the
determination of member countries to strengthen
their cooperation and to establish an integrated
economic environment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu
Khoan on Tuesday at the ASEAN Trade Fair 2004.. |
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VIETNAM - An Active
Member of ASEM
In pursuit of a foreign policy of
openness, multilateralization and diversification
of foreign relations, Vietnam has been actively
integrating itself into the region and the world.
Having become a member of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 1995 and
being aware of the potential for cooperation in
investment, trade, science and technology, and
human resources development between Asia and
Europe, Vietnam has made contribution to giving
birth to Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and was one of
the 26 founding partners of the process at the
inaugural Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 1) held in
Bangkok, Thailand in March 1996. |
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