(KPL) Laos-Vietnam Expo 2018 will be held between Jun 28 and Jul 2 at Lao ITECC, Vientiane. The expo will feature more than 320 booths of consumer’s goods and electronics, among others.

The event will be held by Department of Trade Promotion under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce in cooperation with the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of National Defense of Laos, and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam.  

This expo will have more than 320 booths including 120 booths representing Vietnamese businesses and 200 booths representing Lao entrepreneurs.

“The expo will also feature products from state enterprises operated by the Ministry of National Defense​. There will be also cultural performance by Lao and Vietnamese artists and a singing contest for young people of the two countries,” Mr Xaysompheth Norasing, Acting Director of Trade Promotion Department, Ministry of Industry and Commerce told a press conference in Vientiane on Jun 25. 

During the expo, the Vientiane Business Women’s Association and the Hanoi Association of Women Entrepreneurs will co organize a meeting on trade exchange between Lao and Vietnamese companies.

“The objective of this expo is to provide opportunity to business people, entrepreneurs of the two countries to exchange lessons, introduce products so that they can increase bilateral trade between the two countries and to create a welcoming atmosphere for Visit Laos Year 2018,” said Mr Xaysompheth.

Laos and Vietnam have an ambitious target to increase bilateral trade between the two countries to 5 billion US dollars by 2020.

KPL