The Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese (BAOOV) and the Business Association of Thai Vietnam (BAOTV) have organised a conference on trade promotion in Thailand’s Udon Thani province from September 27-30.

With more than 800 booths, the event aims to connect Vietnamese businesses at home and abroad, and with Thai partners.

 Speaking at the opening ceremony on September 27, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Hau A Lenh expressed his hope that on the basis of initiatives presented at the conference, programmes will be devised to promote trade and investment links between Vietnam and Thailand.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong, who is also head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs, said the conference helps to tighten solidarity among the Vietnamese community in Thailand and other countries.

 The official noted his belief that the conference will encourage Vietnamese enterprises at home and abroad to maximize advantages of foreign countries to promote Vietnamese goods in the international market.

 Udon Thani’s Governor Watana Puttichat expressed his hope for a trade route between Vietnam and Thailand via Laos.

 Apart from an exhibition, the event features workshops on high-technology, tourism, trade, logistics, the fourth Industrial Revolution, finance and banking.