On March 29, at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam had a reception and working session with a business delegation from Guangdong and Yunnan provinces (China) led by Mr. Jesse Choi. , General Director of Sunwah Southeast Asia, Director of Sunwah Vietnam as the delegation leader. Also welcoming the Chinese business delegation were representatives of the Department of International Cooperation; Department of Quality, Processing and Market Development; Center for Agricultural Trade Promotion, Department of Plant Protection, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development.
At the meeting, on behalf of the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said he was very pleased to welcome the delegation of Sunwah Group businesses to work at the Ministry today. Having worked with Sunwah Group many times, the Deputy Minister said he was very impressed with the group's support in facilitating connections with Vietnamese localities to bring Vietnamese agricultural products to China. . The Deputy Minister hopes that, after today's meeting, the two sides will continue to promote agricultural trade between the two countries in the coming time.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam spoke at the working session
Mr. Jesse Choi - General Director of Sunwah Southeast Asia, Director of Sunwah Vietnam said that due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic over the past three years, Sunwah's agricultural businesses have not had the opportunity to go to Vietnam. Vietnam, but during that time, Mr. Jonathan Choi - Chairman of Sunwah Group continued to promote the export of Vietnamese agricultural products to the Chinese market. Specifically, in 2022, Sunwah also coordinated with Kunming city (Yunnan, China) to organize a training course on the ancient tea industry for businesses as well as agricultural officials of the Northern provinces. of Vietnam. Currently, when China has reopened after nearly 3 years of applying strict control measures for the Covid-19 pandemic, Sunwah Group has organized a business delegation from Guangzhou and Yunnan to visit Vietnam. Conduct surveys and seek agricultural trade opportunities with Vietnam.
Mr. Jesse Choi - General Director of Sunwah Southeast Asia, Director of Sunwah Vietnam
Mr. Leo Liu, Sales Director of Sunwah Group in the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau Gulf region, said that the delegation came to Vietnam this time with the hope of supporting and promoting Vietnamese agricultural exports. Vietnam to China, with 4 main contents: How to simplify procedures as well as promote Vietnamese agricultural products to China more easily; Strengthen cooperation in the fields of tea and coffee (organize training courses for businesses in these two fields); Organizing an agricultural product trade promotion forum in Kunming, Yunnan on the occasion of the visit of leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Vietnamese businesses; Enhance the image of Vietnamese agricultural products in the Chinese market, especially through e-commerce.
According to Mr. Liu Tao, General Director of Sunwah International Trade Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. (Guangdong), it can be said that Vietnamese fruits are among the top official export products to the Chinese market. , which has typical products and advantages even better than Thai fruit products such as durian, dragon fruit, mangosteen, and passion fruit. For food products, Sunwah focuses on sticky rice, rice flour, and cassava flour. Regarding seafood, it is shrimp, crab, and fish. Considering Sunwah's increasingly expanding business activities as well as the group's deep involvement in the import-export trade of Vietnamese fruit products, Mr. Liu Tao said that in the coming time, Sunwah Vietnam is expected to focus more on developing packaging facilities as well as Vietnam's fruit growing areas and underwriting these growing areas. He also proposed building an agricultural import-export exchange to support businesses of the two countries to trade more conveniently.
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam said that in the fields of agricultural products, there are currently thousands of Vietnamese enterprises affiliated with Chinese enterprises. However, on the basis that Sunwah Group is a large and long-standing corporation (established in 1957), the Deputy Minister wishes to work with Sunwah to build a reputable and sustainable agricultural supply chain with the support support from relevant agencies of the two countries. According to the Deputy Minister, Vietnam has enough businesses in the agricultural fields with strengths that can meet the requirements of your country, such as tea and coffee businesses.
Regarding trade promotion, Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam hopes that Sunwah will provide more support for small and medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural sector of Vietnam to enter the Chinese market. In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development also wants to work with Sunwah to resume organizing the annual agricultural product trade promotion forum in the fields (aquaculture, coffee, rice...) in both China and Vietnam. Male. According to the Deputy Minister, among the group's members, there are many businesses with large market shares in Hong Kong and Macao, so organizing the forum in Vietnam is also a very good condition for Vietnamese businesses that are trending. export to this market to access. Agreeing with Mr. Leo Liu about building an e-commerce platform, the Deputy Minister said he would meet with the Agricultural Trade Promotion Center to discuss specific directions.
Mr. Jesse Choi presented a souvenir to Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam
Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam presented a souvenir to Mr. Jesse Choi
Deputy Principal Tran Thanh Nam and representatives of leaders of units of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development took souvenir photos with business delegations from Guangdong and Yunnan provinces (China)
