US$500Mln of Contracts Inked at Vietnam Expo 2007

A total value of deals signed between Vietnam and foreign partners during Vietnam Expo 2007 from April 4-8 reached US$500 million, said the Trade Promotion Department.

 

Of sum, 80 per cent or US$400 million came from deals between enterprises from China's Yunnan province and Vietnamese ones, and the rest was contracts involving agricultural, garment and textile products.

 

Apart from signing import-export deals, around 20 foreign business delegations organized discussions with Vietnamese enterprises to seek further cooperation.

 

More than 500 local and foreign businesses attended the 17^th Vietnam International Trade Fair, Vietnam Expo 2007.

 

The event displayed agricultural products, foodstuff, wooden furniture, handicraft items, electric/electronic/IT products, industrial machines and equipment, construction materials, fashion products, garments, as well as products of the service industry and other sectors, at 700 standardized pavilions covering 20,000 square meters. (VNA)