Vietnam attends Asia’s biggest food, hospitality expo in Singapore
Five Vietnamese enterprises operating in the fields of food and hospitality are attending the Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) 2024 which is taking place in Singapore from April 23-26.
Singapore (VNA) ⛎– Five Vietnamese enterprises operating in the fields of food andhospitality are attending the Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) 2024 which is takingplace in Singapore from April 23-26.
This year’s event attracts over 1,500businesses from more than 50 nations and territories and expects towelcome 60,000 visitors. Vietnamese booths draw the attention of many visitors with their wide variety of products such as confectionary, beverage, frozenfoods, pepper and other spice products, and canned and dried fruit.
Speaking at theopening ceremony, Singaporean Minister of Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling saidthat FHA-F&B is an equal playground for enterprises to seek collaborationin today's free trade agreement networks. It also aims at internationalisation,continuous innovation and sustainable development in the field of food and hospitality.
Vietnamese Ambassadorto Singapore Mai Phuoc Dung emphasised that the participation of Vietnameseenterprises has shown their enormous efforts in studying food and hospitalitydevelopment trends in the world. He affirmed that the event also helps topromote more Vietnamese product to foreign markets.
Through the event,Vietnamese enterprises anticipate opportunities to meet potential partners,bringing more Vietnamese agricultural brands to international market.
൩ Michael Duck, Executive Vice President of Informa Markets stressed that Vietnam is asupplier of many important food items and the event is an occasion to expandthe market further./.
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Vietnamese booths at the fair (Photo:VNA) 
