Vietnamese overseas paticipate in export




Ha Noi, Feb. 1 (VNA) -- The overseas Vietnamese community was praised by a senior trade official as an "effective network of distributing made-in-Viet Nam goods the world over."

More than 2.5 million overseas Vietnamese people, most of them engaged in businesses, have created an effective marketing network for domestic goods the world over, thus making a considerable contribution to the nation's export surge last year, said Deputy Trade Minister Mai Van Dau at a meeting in Ha Noi on Feb. 1 with more than 100 overseas business executives.

He also introduced some incentive policies for overseas Vietnamese businesses operating in the nativeland so as to accelerate their participation in the national economic development.

The participants raised recommendations to boost exports and expand business and investment relations with other countries.

Business executives from the East European countries spoke out their problems and possible solutions in distributing domestic goods in these markets, focusing on raising product quality and lowering prices.--VNA